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PUBLICATIONS  OF  THE  IPSWICH 
HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 
XV. 


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THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD 

FROM  SALTONSTALL’S  BROOK 

AND 

SAMUEL  APPLETON’S  FARM 


A GENEALOGY 

OF  THE  IPSWICH  DESCENDANTS 

OF 

SAMUEL  APPLETON 


BY 


T.  FRANK  WATERS 


PROCEEDINGS  AT  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING 


December  3, 1906. 


Salem  IPtese; 

The  Salem  Press  Co.,  Salem,  Mass. 

1907 


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THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL’S  BROOK 


AND 

SAMUEL  APPLETON  FARM. 

In  the  year  1639,  tlie  General  Court  considered  the  unsatisfactory  con- 
dition of  the  public  highways.  Sometimes  they  were  “toostraite”  and  “in 
other  places  travellers  are  forced  to  go  farr  about.’’  It  was  ordered,  there- 
fore, on  the  of  November,  ‘hhat  all  high  ways  shall  be  laid  out  before 
the  next  General  Court.” 

‘‘Every  town  shall  choose  two  or  three  men  who  shall  joyne  with 
two  or  three  of  the  next  town  (fe  they  shall  have  powder  to  lay  out  ways 
where  most  convenient  not  withstanding  any  man’s  propriety  or  any 
come  ground  so  as  it  not  occasion  the  puling  downe  of  any  man’s 
house  or  laying  open  any  garden  or  orchard  & in  comon  ground  or 
where  the  soyle  is  wet  or  mirye  they  shall  lay  out  the  ways  the  wider 
as  6 or  8 or  10  rods  or  more  in  comon  ground.”  “Each,  town  to  make 
reasonable  satisfaction.” 

At  the  session  of  the  General  Court,  beginning  Oct.  7,  1640,  the  sur- 
veyors reported  that  they  had  laid  out  the  highway  from  Rowley  to 
Ipswich, 

“from  Mr.  Nelsons  dwelling  house  pale  by  the  end  of  Mussies  Hill  to 
the  n^we  bridge  over  the  North  Ryver  & so  to  the  newe  bridge  over 
Muddy  Ryver  & so  by  the  comon  fence  to  Ipswich  towne  & so  along 
by  Mr.  SaltonstalLs  house  over  the  falls  at  Mile  River  & by  marked 
trees  over  Mr.  Appletons  meadow  called  Parlye  Meadow  & from  thence 
by  Mr.  Hubbards  farm  house  and  so  upon  the  east  side  of  Mr.  Smiths 
house  then  over  the  ould  planters  meadow  and  so  to  the  two  ponds 
usually  dry  in  summer  near  wch  ponds  the  way  doth  branch  one  where- 
of is  easterly  of  the  said  ponds  leading  through  the  old  planters  field 
to  the  Salem  ferry  according  to  the  marked  trees  and  the  other  way  is 
westerly  of  the  ponds  leading  to  a great  creek  at  a landing  place  west- 
erly of  Mr.  Scrugs  house.” 

The  breadth  of  this  highway  was  eight  rods.  Except  bridging  North 
River  or  Egypt  River,  as  it  is  now  called,  and  Muddy  River,  nothing  was 
done  apparently  to  make  travel  more  easy  or  convenient.  The  travel- 
ler forded  Ipswich  River  at  the  “watering  place,”  as  it  was  known  in  later 
years,*  near  the  present  foot-bridge  of  the  Ipswich  mill,  rode  along  the  high- 
way by  Mr.  Saltonstall’s,  whose  house  was  on  or  near  the  site  of  the  old 

1 IpBWich  in  Maes.  Bay  Colony,  pp.  460-462. 

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2 THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL’S  BROOK 

Merrifield  house/  forded  Mile  River,  and  picked  his  way  across  Samuel 
Appleton’s  meadow  by  blazed  trees,  and  on  to  Salem  Ferry.  No 
change  in  the  existing  road  was  made,  except  where  it  cut  through  the 
Appleton  farm.  To  settle  the  damage  at  this  point,  the  Town  voted  in 
1650,  “Granted  to  Mr.  Apleton  a p’cell  of  ground  (in  full  satisfaction  for 
the  country  highway  going  through  his  farme)  beyond  the  swamp  to  make 
his  fence  straight  not  exceeding  eight  acres,”  In  the  year  1680,  and  prob- 
ably long  before,  bridges  had  been  built  over  Saltonstall’s  brook,  and  Mile 
River,  as  John  W hippie  was  ordered  to  care  for  the  roads  from“Myle  Bridge” 
to  Wenham  bounds,  in  that  year,  and  John  Low,  from  Mr.  Saltonstall’s 
Bridge  to  Haffield’s  Bridge. 


Richard  Saltonstairs  Lot. 

No.  1 on  Diagram. 

Mr.  Richard  Saltonstall’s  town  property, as  described  in  his  deed  to  Sam- 
uel Bishop,  included  his  “ dwelling  house  & orchard  with  all  ye  land  about 
it  on  both  sides  ye  brook  commonly  called  Saltonstall’s  brook  it  being 
14  acres  by  estimation  whether  it  be  more  or  less.”  Sept.  23,  1680  (16: 
105).  But  Nathaniel  Rust,  a glover  by  trade,  was  in  possession  of  that 
part  of  the  Saltonstall  land,  which  lay  on  the  south  side  of  the  brook,  as 
early  as  1689,  when  Capt.  Cross  sold  the  land  on  the  north  of  the  brook  to 
Elisha  Treadwell.  (Ips.  Deeds  5:378).  Mr.  Rust  had  his  tan  yard,  beam 
house,  and  all  the  appurtenances  of  his  craft  here,  and  here  no  doubt,  he 
made  the  four  dozen  pairs  of  gloves  ordered  for  Rev.  Mr.  Cobbet’s  funeral 
on  Nov.  6,  1685.  Thomas  Norton  was  likewise  a tanner,  and  on  March  8, 
1699-1700,  Mr.  Rust  sold  him  an  acre  of  land  “beginning  at  the  brook 
commonly  called  Saltingstall’s  Brook,”  running  twelve  rods  on  the  road, 
and  fifteen  rods  back,  with  all  “houses,  tan-yard,  trees,  fences,  orchard,  etc.” 
and  the  benefit  of  half  the  brook  (13:  270).  Norton  married  Mercy  Rust, 
the  glover’s  daughter,  and  on  June  18,  1701,  he  bought  the  residue  of  Mr. 
Rust’s  property,  seven  acres  of  arable  and  pasture  land  (23: 252). 

Mr.  Rust’s  dwelling  stood  where  the  Meeting  House  of  the  South  Church 
is  now  located.  He  sold  this  to  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  Norton,  and  Capt. 


1 The  old  Merrifield  house  was  purchased  by  Mrs.  D.  F.  Appletou,  and  torn 
down  in  May,  1907.  It  was  evident  that  the  frame  was  largely  that  of  a seventeenth 
century  house.  The  oak  summers  or  main  fioor  beams  were  the  counterpart  of  those 
in  the  ancient  Whipple  house,  although  the  lower  side  including  the  moulded  edges 
had  been  hewn  away  and  boxed  in,  to  suit  the  later  fashions.  Portions  of  a wooden 
partition,  with  the  same  rude  tooling  that  occurs  in  the  Whipple  house,  were  found, 
but  not  in  their  original  place.  A single  corner  post  with  chamfered  edge  in  the 
second  story,  the  ancient  door  post  with  slots  for  the  wooden  latch  of  the  front  door 
and  the  bar  which  locked  it,  and  the  massive  oak  floor  joists  attested  an  original  house 
of  the  earliest  period,  the  old  whitewash  revealing  an  original  unplastered  ceiling. 
The  huge  fire  places  had  been  remodelled,  but  the  dimensions  of  the  chimney,  and 
the  use  of  soft  bricks  laid  in  clay  showed  that  it  was  built  at  a very  early  period. 

The  windows,  however,  were  of  alaterperiod,  and  had  never  been  changed.  No 


THE  DEACON  THOMAS  NORTON  HOUSE. 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON’s  FARM. 


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Daniel  Ringe,  March  9,  1710  (23:76)  and  their  joint  ownership  continued 
until  Nov.  4,  1723,  when  they  sold  to  Ammi  Ruiiamah  Wise  (41 : 264).  By 
that  year,  the  venerable  mansion  under  the  great  elm  had  been  built,  and 
here  Deacon  Norton  lived  the  rest  of  his  days.  His  son,  Thomas,  a grad- 
uate of  Harvard  and  teacher  for  some  years  of  the  Grammar  School,  in- 
herited the  estate.  His  will  was  probated  in  1750  (Pro.  Rec.  329:453-5). 
The  inventory  is  very  elaborate,  and  includes  the  dwelling  house,  and  home- 
stead, valued  at  £266-13-4,  the  upper  house,  £80,  a negro  woman  called 
Phillis,  and  a valuable  stock  of  leather.  Thomas,  the  eldest  son,  received 
the  dwelling  with  the  tan-yard,  pits,  etc.  (Pro.  Rec.  330: 426), and  sold  the 
whole  estate  to  Dummer  Jewett,  July  24,  1771  (129:99).  His  widow  sold 
to  the  County  of  Essex,  “ to  be  improved  and  used  as  a house  of  correction*  * 
Jan.  21,  1791  (154:9). 

The  prison  was  built  on  the  adjoining  land  to  the  northward  and  was 
surrounded  by  a high  fence.  The  old  Norton  dwelling  was  used  as  the 
keeper’s  house.  Though  vague  reports  of  dungeons  in  the  cellar  were  cur- 
rent in  later  years,  no  evidence  of  such  was  found,  when  the  building  was 
torn  down. 

A new  jail  and  prison  were  built  on  the  present  County  property  and 
the  old  mansion  and  eight  acres  were  sold  to  Asa  Brown,  April  22,  1828 
(250:16),  who  added  a wing  on  the  north  side.  When  the  new  Meeting 
House  of  the  South  Church  was  built  in  1837,  he  bought  the  old  Rust-Norton 
house,  and  removed  it  to  the  ancient  tan-yard  site,  where  it  was  remodelled 
and  became  the  sightly  dwelling  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Henry 
Brown.  A large  tract  adjoining  the  ancient  Saltonstall  lot  was  also  acquired 
by  Asa  Brown,  and  this  will  now  be  considered. 

From  this  point  to  the  ancient  Potter  farm,  now  owned  by  George 
E.  Barnard,  the  long  strip  bounded  by  the  highway  on  the  east,  and  the 
rivei'on  the  west,  was  divided  into  lots,  approximately  six  acres,  and  ap- 
portioned probably  by  grant  of  the  Town,  though  only  a single  record  re- 
mains. This  land  was  assigned  usually  to  residents  of  the  south  side  and  was 
used  for  tillage  and  pasturage.^  In  the  earliest  yearsnohouse  would  have  been 
permitted,  as  the  General  Court  in  1635  forbade  any  house  more  than  half  a 
mile  from  the  meeting-house,  “except  mill-houses  and  farm  houses,  of  such 
as  have  their  dwelling-houses  in  the  same  town.” 


bricks  were  found  in  the  walls,  though  a large  portion  of  the  boards  were  daubed  with 
clay  on  the  inner  side,  as  though  they  liad  been  used  formerly  with  a clay  filling.  The 
house  faced  the  east,  while  the  earliest  dwellings  generally,  if  not  invariably,  faced 
the  south.  The  carpenter’s  marks  on  the  frame  were  frequently  out  of  place. 

The  conclusion  that  forces  itself  upon  us  is  that  a large  portion  of  the  material 
of  an  earlier  house,  of  the  same  dimensions,  were  utilized  in  the  dwelling  just  re- 
moved, and  that  this  older  house  occupied  the  same  site. 

The  pedigree  of  the  lot,  given  in  Ipswich  in  the  Mass.  Bay  Colony,  pp.  465-467, 
makes  it  certain  that  Richard  Saltonstall’s  house  must  have  stood  near  this  spot,  and 
It  is  almost  impossible  to  doubt  that  the  early  dwelling,  which  has  been  revealed,  was 
none  other  than  the  original  house  of  Mr.  Saltonstall,  built  in  1636  or  1636.  The  later 
building  seems  to  have  been  erected  early  in  the  18th  century. 

1 It  is  called  a “common  field”  in  Joseph  Younglove’s  deed,  to  Thomas  Manning. 


4 THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL’S  BROOK 

Nathaniel  Rogers's  Lower  Pasture. 

Lots  Nos.  2 and  3 on  Diagram. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  pastor  of  the  Ipswich  church,  whose  dwelling 
was  very  near  the  “Gables, ’’owned  two  of  these  six  acre  lots,  one  of  which, 
abutting  on  Mr.  Saltonstall’s,  was  granted  by  the  Town  (Town  Record, 
1649).  Mr.  Rogers  bequeathed  his  estate  to  his  sons,  John,  then  his  col- 
league, afterwards  President  of  Harvard  College,  and  Samuel.  By  the.  in- 
denture of  division,  which  they  agreed  upon.  Pres.  John  received  the  home- 
stead and  these  two  lots,  bounded  by  the  land  sometime  Mr.  Saltonstall’s, 
north,  and  Thomas  Burnam’s  land,  south,  March  4,  1684  (Ips.  Deeds  5:146). 

Thomas  Burnam's  Lot. 

No.  4 on  Diagram. 

John  Rogers,  the  eldest  son  of  President  John,  Pastor  of  the  Ipswich 
church,  inherited  the  pasture  lot  upon  the  death  of  his  father,  July  2,  1684. 
He  enlarged  it  April  20,  1693  (39:45)  by  the  purchase  of  six  and  a half  acres 
upland  and  swamp  from  Thomas  Burnam,  son  of  the  original  owner.  His 
deed  records  the  item,  “which  I had  of  my  father  by  deed  of  gift  bearing 
date  of  Jan.  1,  1687.” 


William  Hubbard's  Lot. 

No.  5 on  Diagram. 

Madame  Elizabeth  Rogers,  widow  of  President  John,  on  March  26, 
1685  bought  the  six  acre  lot  of  upland  and  meadow  adjoining  the  Thomas 
Burnam  lot  on  the  south,  of  Rev.  William  Hubbard,  who  had  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  and  sister  of  her  husband.  (Ips. 
Deeds  5:146).  This  lot  also  became  the  property  of  Rev.  John,  the  Pastor  of 
the  Ipswich  church,  and  he  thus  owned  four  of  the  original  six  acre  divi- 
sions. In  his  will,  (approved  Jan.  6,  1745,)  he  gave  the  two  lots  abutting  on 
Thomas  Norton,  part  of  his  lower  pasture,  to  his  son  Samuel,  a phy- 
sician, who  built  and  occupied  the  house  now  owned  by  Frank  T.  Good- 
hue,  and  the  two  others,  to  his  son  John,  Pastor  of  the  church  at  Kittery 
(326:460-4).  The  Kittery  Pastor  sold  the  lot  adjoining  his  brother  to 
Samuel,  before  May  6,  1746,  and  his  other  lot  to  his  brother  Daniel,  after- 
ward Pastor  for  life  at  Exeter,  May  6,  1746  (90:  272). 

Samuel  became  the  owner  of  three  of  the  original  lots  by  this  purchase, 
numbered  2,  3 and  4.  He  divided  them  into  two  “ten  acre”  lots  and  sold 
the  southern  lot  to  Richard  Manning,  May  7,  1755  (102:138)  and  the  north- 
ern half  to  Col.  John  Choate  and  Abraham  Choate,  May  19,  1757  (103:245). 
Col.  Choate  and  William  Choate  sold  to  John  Heard,  June  6,  1776(135:263), 
and  John  Heard  conveyed  it  to  Michael  Brown,  Novem.  20, 1832  (268:78). 

Richard  Manning  bought  the  adjoining  lot  of  Rev.  Daniel  Rogers, 
June  27, 1759  (106:214).  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Manning,  the  black- 
smith, who  had  forged  manacles  and  fetters  for  the  witches  in  1692,^  and 


1 Ipswich  in  Mass.  Bay  Colony,  p.  294. 


THE  RESIDENCE  OF  MR.  HENRY  BROWN. 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON's  FARM. 


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whose  house  and  shop  it  may  be  presumed  as  well,  occupied  the  William 
Kinsman  lot,  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Joseph  R.  W ilson.  The  elder  Manning  had 
purchased  the  two  original  lots  adjoining. 


Samuel  Younglove’s  Lot. 

No.  6 on  Diagram. 

Samuel  Younglove,  the  first  known  proprietor  of  the  lot  numbered  6, 
had  conveyed  it  to  his  son  Joseph,  “my  lot  of  upland  in  the  field  on  the 
south  side’'  containing  six  acres,  Nov.  19, 1687  (Ips.  Deeds  5:298)  and  Joseph 
sold  to  Thomas  Manning  the  same  lot,  “lying  within  a comon  field  on  y« 
south  side  of  the  Mill  River,  containing  eight  acres,”  March  31,  1696 
(11:103). 


Dea.  William  Goodhue’s  Lot. 

No.  7 on  Diagram. 

The  lot  numbered  7 was  owned  by  Dea.  William  Goodhue,  whose 
house  was  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  the  Parsonage  of  the  South  Church. 
John  Goodhue,  his  grandson,  conveyed  it  to  his  brother  William,  “y®  8 acre 
lot  by  Windmill  Hill,^  lying  between  the  land  of  Mr.  Nath.  Rogers  and  Mr. 
Thomas  Manning,”  Jan.  9,  1699-1700  (14:225).  The  Goodhue  heirs  gave 
a deed  of  this  lot,  again  called  a six  acre  lot,  to  Manning,  Jan.  18, 1699-1700 
(13:  275,  276.)  Thomas  Manning’s  will  was  proved  May23, 1737,  (Pro.  Rec. 
322:49-53)  and  it  bequeathed  to  his  son  Richard,  “all  the  land  I bought  of 
Joseph  Younglove  and  the  Goodhues,  containing  eighteen  or  twenty  acres, 
be  the  same  more  or  less.” 

Richard  Manning  was  now  the  owner  of  four  of  the  original  divisions 
numbers  4,  5,  6 and  7.  He  sold  the  six  acre  lot  which  he  had  bought  of 
Rev.  Daniel  Rogers  to  Samuel  Chipman  of  Salem,  June  29,  1759  (107:9) 
and  the  ten  acre  lot  adjoining,  which  he  had  bought  of  Samuel  Rogers,  to 
Dr.  Joseph  Manning,  June  26,  1765  (116:20.)  Anstice  Chipman,  widow  of 
Samuel,  sold  her  lot  to  Dr.  Manning,  March  23^^  1774  (133:  75). 

On  Nov.  6,  1770,  Capt.  Richard  Manning  conveyed  the  Goodhue- 
Younglove  lots  which  he  had  inherited  to  Ins  daughters.  To  tlie  widow 
Anstice  Chipman  and  Mary  Barker,  wife  of  Ephraim  Barker  of  Stratham, 
N.  H.,  he  conveyed  a twelve  acre  lot  adjoining  the  lot  owned  by  Samuel 
Chipman,  and  another  lot  of  equal  size  to  Martha  Talton,  wife  of  Stiles 
Talton  of  New  Market,  N.  H.,  and  Priscilla  Heath,  wife  of  William  Heath 
of  Salem  (122:275). 

Dr.  Joseph  Manning  bequeathed  the  “River  Pasture,”  12 J acres,  to  his 
son.  Dr.  John,  the  famous  physician,  and  2^  acres  in  the  southwest  cor- 
ner of  the  same,  to  his  son  Jacob,  June  6,  1786  (Pro.  Rec.  358:  374).  He 
had  previously  acquired  the  adjoining  land,  the  interest  of  Anstice  Chip- 
nam  in  an  “undivided  moiety  of  8^  acres,”  conveyed  to  her  and  Mary 

1 The  name  Windmill  Hill  is  still  retained.  Undoubtedly  a windmill  was  built 
somewhere  on  this  breezy  height,  but  nothing  is  known  of  its  location. 


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THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTO NSTALL’s  BROOK 


Barker  by  Richard  Manning,  Oct.,  23  1775  (134:  150)  and  he  bought  the 
interest  of  the  heirs  of  Ephraim  Barker  “ in  3 acres  and  three  eighths,  given 
to  their  mother  by  their  grandfather,”  August  19,  1793  (156:  278).  Jacob 
Manning  sold  the  whole  tract,  estimated  as  containing  12  acres,  to  his 
brother,  Dr.  John,  August  26,  1793  (167:132). 

Dr.  Manning  sold  the  River  Pasture,  he  had  inherited,  and  the  lot,  he 
had  bought  of  Jacob,  26^  acres  in  all,  to  Bemsly  Smith,  March  29,  1809 
(186:157)  and  he  conveyed  it  to  Ammi  Brown,  Gent.,  Michael  Brown, 
white-smith,  and  Asa  Andrews,  the  Town  lawyer,  April  15,  1811  (193:  52). 
By  the  terms  of  the  deed,  Andrews  owned  an  undivided  half,  and  he  sold 
this  interest  to  the  other  proprietors  and  John  Heard,  April  28,  1812  (200: 
175).  Mr.  Heard  sold  the  Choate  lot  and  the  Asa  Andrews  interest  to 
Michael  Brown,  Nov.  20,  1832  (268:78).  Brown  acquired  the  title  to  the 
whole  tract  before  his  death.  His  executors  sold  this,  in  three  fields,  the 
Heard  lot,  7^  acres  (325:99)  a 12^  acre  lot  (325:119)  and  a llj  acre  lot, 
the  Choate  lot,  to  Asa  Brown,  April  23,  1841  (325:127).  His  purchase  of 
the  Saltonstall  lot  has  been  mentioned  already. 

He  became  now  the  owner  of  the  large  tract  reaching  from  the  Brook 
to  the  land  now  owned  by  Wallace  P.  Willett.  He  mortgaged  15  acres 
to  Asa  Brown  Potter,  adjoining  the  Willett  land,  ‘‘being  the  Manning  lot, 
and  part  of  the  Heard  lot,”  Oct.  3, 1860  (613:74)  and  conveyed  his  whole 
estate  to  Increase  H.  Brown,  his  brother,  Oct.  28,  1862  (643:243).  He 
conveyed  to  their  sister,  Mrs.  Rhoda  Brown  Potter,  April  28,  1866  (701: 
230).  Asa  also  executed  a deed  to  Mrs.  Potter  of  the  same  with  the  con- 
dition that  she  pay  what  he  owed  Jonathan  Sargent  and  the  mortgages, 
Feb.  11,  1867  (743:198).  Mrs.  Potter  sold  35  acres,  retaining  5 acres  with 
her  homestead,  to  Edward  B.  V/ildes,  May  1,  1871  (822:  114),  who  built 
the  mansion  on  the  hill.  His  v/idow  sold  the  estate  to  Lester  E,  Libby, 
Aug.  16,  1901  (1650:284). 

Henry  Brown,  who  had  inherited  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Potter,  bought 
2^  acres  of  the  Wildes  property,  June  8,  1903  (1710:348).  This  increased 
his  lot  to  about  8 acres,  and  the  present  line  of  division  must  coincide  very 
nearly  with  the  original  line  betv/een  Saltonstall  and  Rogers,  By  the 
terms  of  the  sale,  Mr,  Brown  was  obliged  to  remove  the  ancient  Norton 
mansion  near  the  great  elm,  and  it  was  torn  down,  still  stout  and  strong. 
Its  walls  were  filled  with  brick,  and  its  oak  beams  v/ere  massive  and  finely 
finished.  Picturesque  in  architecture  and  in  location,  its  destruction  was 
a matter  of  general  regret,  John  H.  Procter  bought  the  Wildes  mansion 
and  14  acres.  May  8,  1903  (1706:40).  The  balance  of  the  land,  20  acres, 
was  purchased  by  Mrs.  Anna  P.  Peabody,  Oct.  5,  1904  (1757:181).  She 
has  transformed  the  bare  pastures  into  the  beautiful  estate,  to  which  the 
name,  Floriana,  has  now  been  given. 

She  also  acquired  the  John  H.  Procter  property,  Jan.  8,  1907  (1857: 
355)  so  that  her  title  covers  the  original  lots  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers 
and  his  descendants,  of  Thomas  Burnham,  Rev.  William  Hubbard  and 
Samuel  Younglove. 

The  seventh  lot  in  the  old  Common  field,  it  has  been  said,  was  owned 


FLORIANA 

The  summer  home  of  Mrs.  Anna  P.  Peabody. 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON 'S  FARM 


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by  Dea.  William  Goodhue,  by  his  grandsons  John  and  William,  and  other 
heirs,  by  Thomas  Manning  and  his  son  Capt.  Richard,  who  gave  it  in  equal 
divisions  to  his  daughters,  Martlia  Talton  and  Priscilla  Heath.  Stilman 
Talton  of  Newmarket  and  Martha,  sold  acres,  her  whole  interest,  to 
William  Appleton,  Sept.  20,  1775  (134:156).  It  was  inherited  by  Daniel 
Thurston,  his  son-in-law,  and  sold  by  him  to  James  Potter  and  by  Thomas 
Brown,  Jun.,  guardian  of  the  minor  children  of  James,  to  the  widow,  Rhoda 
B.  Potter,  called  ‘The  Appleton  lot’  Nov.  26,  1839  (326:4).  She  con- 
veyed it  to  Symmes  Potter,  May  4,  1846  (368:  6). 

William  Heath  and  Priscilla  sold  her  lot  to  George  Norton,  Dec.  27, 
1774  (133:258)  who  conveyed  to  Daniel  Rogers,  Jan.  7,  1783  (140:217). 
Its  later  history  is  merged  in  that  of  the  lots  adjoining  on  the  south. 


Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers’s  Upper  Pasture  and  Isaiah  Woods’s  Lot. 

Lots  Nos.  8,  9 and  10  on  Diagram. 

The  eighth  and  ninth  lots  were  owned  by  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  and 
known  as  the  upper  pasture.  In  the  indenture  of  division  of  the  estate 
(Ips.  Deeds  5:146),  these  lots  were  apportioned  to  Pres.  John  Rogers  of 
Harvard,  bounded  north  by  land  of  William  Goodhue,  “soutli  by  land  of 
said  John  Rogers,  purchased  of  Isaiah  Wood,”  March  4,  1684.  His  pur- 
chase of  the  tenth  lot  is  not  known  from  any  other  source. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers  of  Portsmouth  succeeded  in  the  ownership, 
probably  by  inheritance,  and  sold  the  20  acres  of  arable  and  pasture  land, 
with  a small  house  and  barn,  to  his  brother.  Rev.  John  Rogers,  Pastor  of 
the- Ipswich  Church,  November  7,  1706  (39:46).  We  may  presume  that 
the  house  and  barn  may  liave  been  occupied  by  Isaiah  Wood,  from  whom 
Pres.  John  bought  a lot.  No  trace  of  these  buildings  can  be  found.  Rev. 
John  bequeathed  the  southern  half  of  the  upper  pasture,  bounded  by  the 
land  of  Robert  Potter  on  the  south,  to  his  son  Rev.  Nathaniel,  his  colleague 
and  successor,  and  the  northern  half,  abutting  on  Mr.  Manning’s  land  to 
his  son.  Rev.  Daniel  of  Exeter  (proved  Jan.  6,  1745  326:460—1).  The 
heirs  of  the  latter  sold  the  lot,  11  acres,  on  April  28,  and  May  20,  1786,  to 
Daniel  Rogers  of  Ipswich  (146:151). 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Rogers,  partition  of  the  tract  was  made,  16  acres 
in  all,  as  he  had  previously  bought  the  4|  acre  lot  of  George  Norton.  A 
third  w^as  set  off  to  George  Haskell  by  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Sept, 
term,  1839,  and  the  balance  to  Martha  and  Mary  Ann  Rogers.  The 
latter  sold  their  portion  to  Capt.  Symmes  Potter,  Feb.  15,  1840  (317: 
118)  and  George  Haskell  sold  to  him  Jan.  4,  1841  (323:219).  He  bought 
the  Appleton  lot  adjoining,  as  has  been  stated,  and  enlarged  his  holding 
to  twenty  acres.  By  the  will  of  Capt.  Potter,  who  was  lost  at  sea,  his 
sister,  Mrs.  Julia  P.  Willett,  received  his  landed  estate,  1859  (Pro.  Rec. 
420:  46)  and  she  bequeathed  it  to  her  son,  Wallace  P.  Willett,  the  present 
owner.  Four  gates  in  the  stone  wall  still  indicate  the  the  several  lots  in- 
cluded in  the  single  large  field. 


8 THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTO NSTALL 'S  BROOK 

The  ten  acre  lot,  wliich  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers  inherited  in  1745, 
came  into  the  possession  of  the  Potters,  who  owned  the  large  area  beyond. 
In  1766,  it  had  been  divided.  In  that  year,  Richard  Potter  sold  Daniel 
Potter,  Jr.,  5f  acres,  the  southern  half  (126:173)  and  Daniel  Potter  sold 
Daniel  Jr.,  the  other  half,  5^  acres  of  upland  and  meadow,  with  a house, 
barn  and  joiner’s  shop.  May  31,  1769  (126:174).  Daniel  Potter  conveyed 
this  property  to  Moses  Willett,  Nov.  20,  1810  (192:  75)  but  it  reverted  to 
the  Potter  family  and  Daniel  Potter  sold  the  land  and  buildings  to  William. 
H.  Chapman  of  Salem,  May  24,  1850  (429:  20).  Chapman  sold  to  Rev. 
Daniel  Fitz,  D.D.,  Pastor  of  the  South  Church,  the  acreage  being  given  as 
fourteen.  Mar.  31,  1854  (492:  34.)  He  conveyed  to  George  W.  Brown,  Mar, 
31,  1856  (529:  92),  who  sold  to  Asa  Wade,  Dec.  27,  1862  (646:  75).  Mr. 
W ade  sold  the  estate,  reserving  for  the  small  house  standing  on  the  prem- 
ises, built  by  Mr.  Winslow,  the  privilege  of  retaining  it  two  years,  to  Isaac 
F.  Dobson,  the  present  owner,  Oct.  28,  1881  (1069:42).  The  dwelling  is 
apparently  the  same  that  appears  in  the  deed  of  Daniel  Potter  of  1769 
and  was  built  before  that  date. 

John  Dane’s  Lot. 

?so.  11  on  Diagram. 

John  Dane  owmed  the  lot,  numbered  11,  in  1661,  and  Nathaniel 
Smith  in  1706,  by  the  deeds  of  adjoining  lots,  and  Robert  Potter  owned 
and  occupied  in  1745.  In  the  division  of  his  estate,  half  the  house  and 
a piece  of  land  18  rods  deep,  6 rods  8 links  wide,  was  set  off  to  the  widow 
Mary,  April  4,  1778  (Pro.  Rec.  353:  92).  The  administrator,  Moses  Potter, 
quitclaimed  his  interest  in  the  estate  to  Stephen  Brown,  3^,  April  8,  1778 
(149:  262).  Walter  Brown  inherited  and  bought  the  interest  of  Joseph 
Boardman  in  the  nine  acres  and  half  the  house,  April  2,  1824  (235:  69). 
The  other  half  of  the  house  was  bequeathed  by  Mary  Brown  to  her  relative 
Sally  Berry,  ‘‘as  full  remuneration  for  all  care,  labour  and  attention  of 
every  sort  and  kind  bestowed  on  me  during  my  life,”  Feb.  3,  1846  (Pro- 
Rec.  413:  291).  The  widow  Sally  Berry,  sold  this  to  Capt.  Symmes  Potter, 
April  13,  1848  (395:  258)  and  he  conveyed  it  to  W alter  Brown,  with  a part 
of  the  lot,  Jan.  15,  1857  (611:  37).  The  administrator  of  Walter  Brown 
sold  to  Asa  Wade,  June  9,  1863,  (652:  178).  He  owned  the  adjoining 
estate  and  moved  the  house  from  its  original  location  near  the  road  to  the 
rear  of  the  barn,  where  it  still  stands.  The  later  history  of  this  lot  is  that 
of  the  farm,  of  which  it  became  a part. 

John  Hoyt’s  Lot. 

No.  12  on  Diagram. 

In  the  year  1641,  the  Town  Record  has  the  following  entry,  concern- 
ing the  twelfth  of  these  river  side  lots: 

“ Granted  to  John  Hoyt  six  acres  of  planting  ground  at  the  Mile 
brook  having  the  Mile  brook  on  the  South  Ipswich  River  on 
the  Northwest  a planting  lott  of  John  Danes  on  the  Northeast 
and  the  Comon  of  the  Towne  of  Ipswich  on  the  Southeast.” 


THE  DWElvEING  OF  THE  TATE  EDWARD  B.  WII.DE.S 
now  owned  by  Mrs.  Anna  P.  Peabody. 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON’s  FARM. 


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Thomas  Hartshorne  of  Reading  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  who  w'as  relict  of 
William  Lampson,  late  of  Ipswich,  sold  to  Anthony  Potter, 

‘‘our  dwelling  house  & other  outhousing  with  the  orchard  & a 
parcel  of  upland  & meadow  containing  sixteen  acres  on  the 
South  side  of  the  river  within  the  common  fence  bounded  with 
mile  brook  towards  the  west  the  Mill  River  towards  the  North 
John  Danes  land  toward  the  East  the  comon  South.’' 

December  11,  1661  (Ips.  Deeds  4:  4.37). 

The  lot  is  the  same  in  both  records  beyond  question,  though  its  area  is  6 
acres  in  the  grant  and  16  acres  in  the  deed,  and  diverse  compass  directions 
appear  in  the  bounds.  Potter  soon  enlarged  his  modest  farm.  John 
Appleton,  son  of  Samuel,  the  immigrant,  sold  him  16  acres,  having  the 
Mile  brook  on 

“tlie  east  Mill  River  on  the  North  the  land  of  Lieut  Samuel  Apple- 
ton  west  and  other  land  of  Potters  formerly  William  Goodhues 
toward  the  south.” 

Dec.  22,  1664 

(Ips.  Deeds  2;  221). 

Dea.  Goodhue’s  deed  of  sale  of  the  lot  mentioned  in  the  above  deed  is 
not  recorded,  but  a later  deed  records  another  conveyance  by  Dea.  Good- 
hue  to  Potter  for  £35 

“of  11  acres  together  with  7 acres  which  was  sometimes  W™ 
Lampsons  in  the  whole  18  acres,”  bounded  by  Lieut.  Apple- 
ton’s,  his  own  land  and  the  brook,  March  12,  1671  (Ips.  Deeds 
3:  220). 

This  completed  his  estate,  which  included  the  farms,  now  owned  by  the 
Oliver  Smith  heirs  and  George  E.  Barnard.  Strangely  enough,  ten  years 
later  Samuel  Appleton  Sen.,  executed  a deed  of  sale  to  Anthony  Potter 
Sen.,  for  £110,  5s.  of  the  same  lot  already  sold  him,  18  acres  and  62  rods, 
“a  part  of  my  farm  lying  between  the  Great  River  and  Myle 
brook  bounded  from  the  gate  post  at  the  highw^ay  to  Boston  to 
a small  oake  by  the  great  River  which  are  two  bounds  having 
the  land  of  the  sd  Appleton  on  the  Southwest  and  from  the 
small  oake  to  the  great  River  coming  to  sd  Potters  land  on  the 
northwest  and  the  land  of  sd  Potter  on  the  northeast  on  the  east 
by  myle  brooke  from  sd  Potters  land  up  to  the  gate  post  at  the 
highway  to  Boston, ” 

“provided  it  w'as  always  intended  that  what  damage  the  sd 
Anthony  Potter  shall  sustain  by  water  that  comes  from  the  sd. 
Appletons  dam  upon  any  of  the  above  land  that  the  sd  Potter 
and  his  suscessors  shall  bear  it  and  that  the  sd  Appleton  and  his 
successors  shall  have  the  liberty  of  a highway  to  the  Towne  by 
the  great  River  through  the  sd  land  as  heretofore,”  with  provision 
for  fence  etc.  10-11-1681  (Ips.  Deeds  4:  486). 

The  original  grant  to  Samuel  Appleton  was  bounded  by  the  River  and  by 
Mile  Brook,  and  the  Appleton  title  seems  not  to  have  been  extinguished 


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although  Dea.  Goodhue  had  sold  two  lots  in  this  tract.  John  Appleton, 
son  of  Samuel,  gave  the  deed  for  the  first  lot. 

On  March  14,  1693,  Joseph  Calef,  Thomas  Potter  and  Antony  Potter 
were  granted  liberty  to  dam  the  water  and  build  a fulling  mill  on  Mile  brook. 
The  mill  was  not  built  apparently,  as  Edmund  Potter,  Abraham  Tilton,  Jr. 
and  Antony  Potter  petitioned  to  set  up  a dam  and  grist  mill  in  Mile  brook, 
near  the  house  of  Thomas  Potter,  not  to  damnify  Col.  Appleton’s  saw  mill. 
This  was  granted  March  24,  1696,  and  the  mill  was  built.  The  dam  and 
an  old  mill  building  still  remain. 

Thomas  Potter  had  a house  therefore  near  this  dam  and  mill  in  1696, 
but  the  land  seems  to  have  belonged  to  Samuel  Potter.  By  his  will,  Samuel 
bequeathed 

“ to  son  Samuel  besides  what  I have  given  him  a deed  of  on  y®  south- 
erly side  of  y®  brook  I give  him  . . . all  my  land  on  y^  side  of  sd  brook. 

. . . He  shall  always  have  an  outlet!  to  ye  Town  Common  from  his  house 
to  y®  Common  as  y®  way  now  goes.” 

To  his  son  Thomas 

“ all  lands  on  y®  north  side  the  brook  and  after  wife’s  decease  all  lands 
housings”  etc. 

Proved  Aug.  2,  1714 

(Pro.  Rec.  311:173-5). 

Thomas  Potter  was  the  owner  therefore,  from  1714,  of  the  principal  part  of 
the  present  Barnard  farm,  but  Thomas  and  Antony  Potter  sold  to  Thomas 
Norton,  tanner,  whose  establishment  and  dwelling  were  near  Saltonstall’s 
brook,  13  acres,  boimded  by  Antony  Potter,  north,  Thomas  and  Antony, 
northwest,  and  Thomas  Potter,  southwest.  March  7,  1733  (86:  70). 
Daniel  Potter  succeeded  to  the  ownership  and  sold  to  his  son,  Richard,  the 
house  and  16  acres,  beginning  at  the  corner  of  Robert  Potter’s  shop,  and 
bounded  on  the  other  side  by  the  brook,  as  it  runs  to  the  land  of  Thomas 
Norton,  then  on  land  of  Richard  Potter  and  Jonathan  Potter  to  first 
bounds.”  July  5,  1762  (119:155). 

Richard  Potter  married  the  widow  Lydia  Symmes,  their  publishment 
being  announced  on  Feb.  16, 1760,  and  a daughter,  Sarah,  was  baptized  Dec. 
28,  1760.  She  lived  to  be  89  years  old,  and  in  her  old  age  used  to  tell  very 
interesting  stories  of  her  childhood,  which  are  remembered  by  her  grand- 
nephew Wallace  P.  Willett.  The  house  in  which  she  was  born  was  not  on 
the  same  spot  as  the  present  dwelling,  but  occupied  the  site  of  the  original 
house.  In  her  childhood,  a heavy  growth  of  oaks  and  hickories  yet  re- 
mained near  the  river,  and  from  the  swamp  the  cries  of  wolves  and  other 
wild  animals  were  plainly  heard  at  night.  Her  mother  in  turn  had  told  her 
of  her  own  childhood  in  the  ancient  ‘garrison  house,’  on  the  same  spot 
built  of  logs  and  surrounded  by  a stockade  or  wall  of  logs,  some  ten  feet 
high,  with  loopholes  for  musket  fire  in  case  of  Indian  attack.  The  Indians 
were  friendly -and  came  frequently  to  the  house  for  food  and  tobacco.  Grad- 
ually their  attitude  became  less  friendly  and  the  dwellers  in  the  lonely  house 
began  to  plan  for  their  safety  in  case  of  an  Indian  assault.  The  cellar  was 


GADSHILI. 

The  residence  of  Mr.  Isaac  F.  Dobson. 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON’s  FARM. 


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built  up  with  logs,  and  by  removing  some  of  these  a little  closet  or  cave  was 
dug  and  cleverly  concealed. 

One  day,  when  the  men  were  at  work  in  the  fields,  and  the  mother  of 
the  household  was  busy  with  her  dinner,  the  little  girl  discovered  Indians 
landing  from  their  canoes  in  war-paint  and  fully  armed.  The  mother  saw  that 
it  was  impossible  to  give  the  alarm.  Hurrying  the  children  into  the  cellar, 
she  threw  open  the  gate  of  the  stockade,  and  dropped  her  hood  and  shawl 
as  though  they  had  been  lost  in  the  flight  of  the  family,  then,  rushing  back, 
she  opened  the  log  shelter  and  hid  with  her  children. 

The  cunning  ruse  deceived  the  Indians.  They  entered,  helped  them- 
selves to  the  dinner,  and  smoked  at  their  leisure,  doing  no  damage,  how- 
ever, to  the  house  or  furniture.  Finally  two  or  three  sought  the  pork  barrel 
in  the  cellar,  and  the  poor  children  nearly  died  from  fright,  lest  the  slightest 
noise  should  betray  their  presence.  But  the  Indians  had  no  suspicion,  and 
having  helped  themselves  from  the  friendly  barrel,  they  withdrew,  and  the 
whole  band  returned  to  their  canoes. 

This  ancient  tradition  of  the  early  days  is  a true  picture,  no  doubt,  of 
the  anxiety  and  fear  which  beset  every  family  on  the  outskirts  of  the  vil- 
lages for  many  years.  The  statement  that  it  was  a garrison  house  is  very 
interesting.  The  committee  for  Essex  County  reported  in  March  1675-6 
that  Ipswich  was  well  defended  with  its  fort  about  the  meeting  house  and 
the  garrison  houses.*  The  location  of  the  latter  is  not  given,  but  it  is  very 
probable  that  the  scattered  families  dwelling  in  this  neighborhood  would 
have  had  at  least  one  well  defended  house  for  a common  refuge. 

Richard  Potter  bequeathed  his  estate  to  his  son  Jonathan  (proved  Oct. 
5,  1789.  Pro.  Rec.  360:290).  James,  the  son  of  Jonathan,  acquired  the 
interest  of  Julia  Ann,  who  became  the  wife  of  Levi  Willett  (Aug.  28,  1832) 
and  Symmes,  Oct.  30,  1837  (303:160).  His  widow,  Mrs.  Rhoda  B.  Potter, 
sold  the  farm,  now  including  the  whole  tract  except  the  Norton  lot,  30  acres 
in  all,  to  Capt.  Symmes  Potter,  May  4,  1846  (368:  6).  Asa  Wade  bought  of 
Capt.  Potter,  Feb.  12,  1857  (547:96)  and  the  Walter  Brown  lot  in  1863. 
He  sold  to  Charles  A.  Campbell,  March,  20,  1894  (1406:  500),  and  he,  in 
turn,  to  George  E.  Barnard,  Oct.  20, 1899  (1591:  475).  Under  the  hand  of 
the  last  two  owners,  the  ancient  farm  has  become  a beautiful  estate,  to 
which  the  name  Riverbend  is  happily  given. 

The  thirteen  acre  lot,  sold  to  Thomas  Norton  in  1733,  was  sold  by 
Daniel  Potter  to  Moses  Willett,  Nov.  20,  1810(192:75).  The  administrator 
of  Willett  sold  ‘Hhe  Potter  lot,’’  ten  and  a quarter  acres,  to  William  Man- 
ning, March  8,  1820  (270:  36).  Mr.  Manning  built  the  house  and  barn  and 
lived  here  until  his  death.  His  heirs  sold  to  George  Fellows,  Sept.  7,  1860 
(612:  246),  the  Fellows  heirs  to  Willard  B.  and  William  H.  Kinsman,  April 
13,  1883  (1105:  201).  Mr.  Albert  W.  Smith  bought  of  the  Kinsman  heirs, 
May  24,  1894  (1412:499)  and  sold  to  Asa  Burnham,  Dec.  14,  1895  (1465: 
274),  Burnham  to  Mrs.  Lavinia  A.  Brown,  April  15,  1902  (1670:312)  who 
conveyed  to  Mrs.  Lavinia  Campbell,  wife  of  Chas.  A.  Campbell,  Oct.  27, 

1 Mass.  Archives  Book  68  leaf  184.  Ipswich  in  Mass.  Bay  Colony,  pp.  207,  208. 


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1904  (1758:111).  George  E.  Barnard  bought  the  house  and  ten  acres,  but 
the  23  acre  “Smith  lot"  on  the  east  side  of  the  highway  was  retained  by 
Mr.  Campbell,  and  is  included  in  his  estate. 

The  remainder  of  the  ancient  Potter  farm  was  in  the  possession  of 
Samuel  Potter,  as  we  have  noted,  in  1714.  He  bequeathed  his  estate  to  his 
son  Samuel,  (proved  Feb.  29,  1747  Pro.  Rec.  327:508-9),  but  Richard  sold 
Samuel  a 14  acre  lot,  fronting  on  the  road,  and  bounded  by  Oliver  and 
Nathaniel  Appleton’s  land  on  the  south,  April  3,  1775  (134:125).  Moses 
Willett  acquired  possession  and  the  widow  Martha  sold  at  auction  to  her 
sons  George  and  Levi,  and  conveyed  her  dower  as  well,  April  1,  1830  (257: 
36).  The  Ipswich  Bank  foreclosed  and  took  the  property,  and  sold  the 
“Willett  Farm"  about  80  acres,  to  Daniel  Whipple,  April  7,  1840  (321:3). 
Calvin  Whipple  sold  to  Harriet  C.  Smith,  April  3,  1868  (744:  70),  and  her 
heirs  still  own. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers’s  Gravel  Pit  Pasture. 

Returning  now  to  the  east  side  of  the  old  highway,  the  “Gravel  Pit 
Pasture"  as  it  was  called,  including  all  the  land  from  Saltonstall’s  brook  to 
“Parting  Paths,"  was  granted  probably  to  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers.  It 
was  sold  by  Daniel  Rogers,  his  grandson,  and  son  of  Pres.  John,  to  Jonathan 
Wade,  who  bequeathed  “the  pasture  I purchased  of  Mr.  Daniel  Rogers, 
commonly  called  Gravel  Pit  Pasture,"  to  his  three  granddaughters.  The 
inventory  gives  its  area  as  20  acres  but  it  was  divided  into  three  lots  of  10 
acres  each.  The  northern  lot  was  assigned  to  Elizabeth  (Cogswell)  Farley, 
wife  of  Capt.  John  Farley,  the  middle  one  to  Abigail  Cogswell,  who  mar- 
ried Thomas  Pickard  of  Rowley,  the  southern  lot  to  Susanna  Cogswell, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Moses  Treadwell,  in  1749  (Pro.  Rec.  329:133). 

Mr.  Pickard  sold  the  ten  acres  settled  on  his  wife  to  Nathaniel  Farley, 
April  7,  1766  (125:  237),  who  conveyed  to  Abraham  Choate,  April  18,  1769 
(125:231).  Samuel  Kinsman  was  the  next  owner,  and  he  sold  to  Asa 
Baker,  March  26,  1789  (149:264).  Baker  acquired  the  interest  of  Capt. 
John  Farley,  the  northern  division.  In  the  distribution  of  his  estate,  ten 
acre  lots  were  set  off  to  Dorcas  Brown  and  Polly,  the  wife  of  Michael  Brown, 
April  6,  1814.  After  Michael’s  death,  Polly  sold  the  whole  twenty  acres 
with  the  new  dwelling  and  barn  to  Ira  Worcester,  reserving  to  the  Town 
right  to  dig  gravel,  April  23, 1841  (324:  95).  This  pit  was  sold  to  Worcester 
by  the  Town,  Aug.  9, 1854  (509:293).  A brick  powder  house  of  the  familiar 
conical  shape  was  built  on  the  estate  by  the  Town  in  1792.  Mr.  Worcester 
sold  Jane  Rowell  the  half  acre  lot  on  which  she  built  a dwelling  now  owned 
by  Mr.  Henry  P.  Homans,  Aug.  31,  1865  (697:274)  and  the  remainder  to 
Ellen  M.  Burnham,  wife  of  Frank  H.  Burnham,  reserving  right  to  the  Town 
to  keep  the  powder  house,  April  18,  1871  (821:  150).  The  Town  attached 
no  interest  unfortunately  to  the  picturesque  structure,  and  it  fell  into  ruin 
and  disappeared.  Albert  S.  Brown  purchased  the  estate  from  Mrs. 
Burnham’s  heirs,  Feb.  27,  1889  (1243:  514)  and  occupies  it. 

The  third  division  was  sold  by  Moses  Treadwell  and  Susanna  (Cogs- 


RIVER  BEND  FARM 

The  summer  home  of  Mr.  George  E.  Barnard. 


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well)  to  their  brother-in-law  Capt.  John  Farley,  May  13,  1773  (138:151). 
Executions  against  Farley  were  granted  to  John  Adams,  Benj.  Merrill, 
Aaron  Perley  andi  Sarah  Willet,  July  10,  1820.  (Exec.  No.  3:  211,  212,  213a, 
213b,  221).  A six  acre  lot  was  assigned  to  Aaron  Perley  and  sold  by  him 
to  Ira  Worcester  and  was  included  in  his  transfer  to  Mrs.  Burnham.  Sarah 
Willet  was  assigned  an  interest  in  one  acre  and  Adams  and  Merrill  received 
the  balance.  Merrill  sold  his  interest  to  Jeremiah  Kimball,  Jr.,  Jan.  24, 
1824  (692:47).  Adams  sold  to  the  same,  March  24,  1824  (692: 46)  and 
Sarah  Willet  had  already  sold  him  her  interest  Novem.  24,  1823  (256:28). 
Jeremiah  gave  the  four  acre  lot  thus  acquired  to  his  son,  Charles  Kimball, 
Dec.  11,  1839  (692:47)  who  sold  to  Maynard  Whittier,  Dec.  26,  1873  (900: 
105).  Mr.  Whittier  built  the  house,  and  still  makes  his  home  here. 


The  Inner  Common  of  the  South  Eighth. 

Lots  Nos.  14  to  19. 

The  great  tract  of  pasture,  meadow  and  swamp,  bounded  by  County 
Road,  Essex  Road,  the  Candlewood  Road,  Fellows  Lane  and  Lakeman’s 
Lane,  was  a part  of  the  common  land  of  the  Town,  and  when  the  great  area 
of  common  lands  was  divided  into  Eighths  in  1709,*  it  became  part  of  the 
division  known  as  the  South  Eighth.  The  South  Eighth  was  divided  again 
into  several  sections,  Gould’s  Pasture,  Ringe’s  Pasture,  Walker’s  Island, 
etc.  and  this  tract,  bounded  as  above,  which  was  known  as  The  Inner  Com- 
mon or  Pasture  of  the  South  Eighth.  The  Town  voted  in  1709, 

“That  any  commoner  who  has  one  or  more  rights  and  has  built  one 
or  more  new  houses  in  the  place  of  old  ones  shall  have  only  the  right  for 
a new  house  wdiich  belonged  to  the  old  one.” 

The  list  of  old  and  new  commoners  as  they  were  styled  was  settled  and 
the  right  of  pasturage  in  these  commons  was  restricted  to  these  commoners, 
who  were  invariably  residents  of  the  section  of  the  Town  nearest  to  these 
several  Eighths.  A few  years  later,  we  find  the  proprietors  of  these  Eighths 
had  become  incorporated  and  each  had  its  own  organization,  transacted 
business  and  kept  its  own  record.  So  far  as  known  to  me,  the  ancient 
records  of  the  “Thick  Woods  and  Pigeon  Hill  Eighth,”  now  in  the  posses- 
sion of  the  heirs  of  D.  F.  Appleton,  and  the  Jeffries  Neck  Eighth  are  the 
only  ones  that  have  been  preserved.  About  1726,  the  proprietors  of 
the  Inner  Common  began  to  apportion  individual  shares  and  gradually 
division  lines  were  run  and  individual  titles  were  established. 

Francis  Crompton’s  Lot. 

No.  14  on  Diagram. 

Beginning  with  the  lot  on  the  south  corner  of  County  Road  and  Essex 
Road  which  is  alluded  to  as  the  “Parting  of  the  way  leading  to  Chebacco,” 
in  1732  (61:115)  and  “y®  parting  of  y®  paths”  in  1738  (77.23)  Francis 


1 See  Ipswich  in  Mass.  Bay  Colony,  p.  73,  and  Chap,  on  Common  Lands. 


14  THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL’S  BROOK 

Crompton,  the  inn-keeper,  whose  famous  hostelry  was  nearly  opposite  the 
present  Heard  mansion,  owned  about  19  acres.  By  his  will,  (proved  March 
16,  1730,  Pro.  Rec.  319:209-212,)  acres  on  the  comer  of  the  Windmill 
Hill  Pasture  was  assigned  to  his  daughter  Hannah  Perkins.  A 5^  acre  lot 
adjoining  and  fronting  on  the  way  to  Chebacco  was  assigned  to  Ann  Cromp- 
ton and  4 acres,  the  eastern  lot,  was  settled  on  the  widow  Hannah. 

The  daughters  sold  their  interest  to  Thomas  Manning,  the  blacksmith, 
Dec.  1,  1732  (61:115).  He  bequeathed  to  his  sons,  Joseph  and  Richard 
(will  proved  May  23,  1737  Pro.  Rec.  322:  49-53).  Dr.  Joseph’s  half  in- 
cluded the  land  on  the  comer,  Richard’s  half  faced  the  County  Road,  south 
of  Joseph’s.  The  widow  Crompton’s  third  was  sold  to  Philemon  Dane  prior 
to  1742  (104:  77  “Dane’s  other  land”)  whose  heirs  conveyed  to  Dr.  Manning 
in  1758,  1762  and  1764  (116:121,  122).  The  deed  of  Paul  Little  of  Fal- 
mouth describes  it  as  “ the  house  and  garden  I purchased  of  James  Dean,” 
but  no  other  allusion  to  the  dwelling  occurs  and  it  must  have  disappeared 
about  this  time.  Dr.  Joseph  Manning  purchased  a six  acre  lot  of  his 
brother,  Richard,  June  1,  1768  (123:169)  and  an  orchard  lot  of  one  acre, 
Nov.  6,  1770  (123:194).  By  this  purchase  he  became  the  owner  of  the  en- 
tire Crompton  lot. 

He  sold  it  in  three  lots  to  his  son  Jacob,  March  1,  1779  (138:93)  Feb.  1, 
1781,  and  July  8,  1782  (141:7).  Jacob  conveyed  to  Dr.  John  Manning, 
Nov.  16,  1804  (175:119),  Manning  sold  to  Thomas  Beckford,  Jan.  4,  1805 
(175:249),  Beckford  to  John  Heard,  Feb.  25,  1814  (209:105),  Heard  to 
Richard  Potter,  Nov.  2,  1832  (276:195).  Potter  sold  the  lot  containing 
16  acres  or  more  with  buildings'  to  Henry  Wilson,  Jr.,  April  30,  1846  (374: 
105).  Other  transfers  followed,  to  S.  S.  Skinner,  March  31,  1847  (485:128), 
to  Daniel  C.  Manning  of  Salem,  May  21,  1862  (637:235),  to  John  C.  Carlisle, 
April  1, 1865  (682:55).  Ira  B.  Carlisle,  bro.  of  John,  conveyed  it  to  Wm.  G. 
Brown  and  Abram  D.  Wait,  April  4,  1871  (822:269). 

The  lot  was  divided  by  them.  Land  on  the  comer  and  the  buildings 
were  sold  to  William  Kimball,  Sept.  14,  1877  (984:7).  His  widow  and 
daughters  sold  their  interest  in  8 acres  to  William  Kimball,  Jr.,  son  of  the 
deceased,  March  15,  1887  (1193:113).  Mr.  Lewis  H.  Pingree  purchased 
the  interest  of  William  in  the  house  and  a part  of  the  land,  March  13, 
1906  (1817:246).  Mr.  Kimball  sold  the  remainder  of  the  lot  to  George 
E.  Barnard,  Oct.  19,  1906  (1846:105). 

A small  lot,  200  ft.  front,  100  ft.  deep,  on  County  Road,  was  sold  to 
Alfred  Norman,  Sept.  11,  1875  (936:165)  who  conveyed  to  Margaret  Buzzell 
wife  of  Isaac,  Feb.  3,  1877  (970:214).  A house  was  built  which  is  still 
owned  by  the  Buzzell  heirs. 

A larger  lot,  south  of  the  Buzzell  lot,  was  sold  to  Wallace  P.  Willett, 
Aug.  30,  1875  (936:246)  and  was  included  in  his  sale  to  Frances  E.  Richard- 
son, May  17, 1902,  which  will  be  noted  more  particularly  in  the  sketch  of  the 
adjoining  lot.  The  remains  of  the  ancient  stone  wall,  which  formed  the 
original  boundary  of  the  Crompton  lot,  are  still  in  place. 


The  house  had  been  moved  from  the  Sturgis  lot  to  this  site. 


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Rev.  John  Rogers's  Lot. 

No.  15  on  Diagram. 

Ten  acres  adjoining  the  Crompton  lot  were  “laid  out,"  as  the  phrase 
was,  in  the  division  of  the  Common  to  Rev.  John  Rogers,  Pastor  of  the  Ips- 
wich Church,  and  sold  by  him  to  Thomas  Norton,  Jun.,  Oct.  16,  1741  (82: 
277).  In  the  division  of  his  estate,  the  Rogers  Pasture,  so  called,  on  Wind- 
mill Hill,  was  assigned  to  the  widow,  Mary.  (Pro.  Rec.  330:426.)  It  was 
acquired  by  Thomas,  the  eldest  son,  who  sold  it  to  Joseph  Appleton,  measur- 
ing eight  and  a quarter  acres,  March  10,  1767  (123:107).  Norton  owned 
the  next  lot,  as  well,  and  he  may  have  changea  the  original  lines,  or  what  is 
more  likely,  as  Mr.  Norton  was  a Harvard  graduate  and  a school  master, 
he  may  have  surveyed  the  lot  and  determined  its  actual  size.  The  traces 
of  an  old  stone  wall  probably  mark  the  original  southern  line  of  the  Rogers 
Pasture. 

Thomas  Appleton,  son  and  heir  of  Joseph,  sold  the  Rogers  Pasture  to 
John  Crocker,  April  7,  1787  (146:270),  who  sold  to  Aaron  Smith,  Feb.  12, 
1788  (147:133).  Smith  sold  to  Amos  Jones  3 acres  on  May  23,  1817  (217: 
203)  and  the  remaining  5 acres,  Dec.  9,  1818  (233:10).  The  heirs  of  Jones 
sold  to  Patrick  Riley,  May  18,  1870  (798:79),  who  conveyed  to  Wallace  P. 
Willett,  Sept.  20,  1880  (1045:211),  who  already  owned  a part  of  the  Man- 
ning lot  as  has  been  mentioned.  He  sold  5 acres,  which  included  the  latter 
and  part  of  the  Rogers  Pasture,  to  Frances  E.,  wife  of  Francis  H.  Richard- 
son, May  17,  1902  (1676:384).  The  Richardson  house  stands  on  the  Rogers 
land. 


Thomas  Norton  Senior's  Lot. 

No.  16  on  Diagram. 

The  third  lot  in  the  old  South  Eighth  Pasture  was  laid  out  to  Thomas 
Norton,  Sr.  and  was  owned  by  Thos.  Norton,  Jr.  in  1741.  Joseph  Appleton 
acquired  possession  and  it  fell  to  his  heirs,  as  well  as  the  lot  already  con- 
sidered. Thomas  Appleton,  son  of  Joseph,  sold  to  John  Crocker,  Jr.  a five 
acre  lot,  April  9,  1787  (146:270)  and  a smaller  one  of  an  acre  and  three 
quarters,  Dec.  13,  1787  (146:107)  which  may  have  been  part  of  the  third 
original  division  and  Crocker  sold  both  to  Daniel  Ross,  Feb.  10, 1789.  Ross 
was  a Revolutionary  soldier  and  a cabinet  maker  by  trade.  His  residence, 
known  later  as  the  Parsons  house,  still  stands  on  the  corner  of  Elm  and 
County  Sts.  He  clung  tenaciously  to  the  old  order  and  wore  his  cue  and 
small  clothes  as  long  as  he  lived.  His  tools  are  in  the  possession  of  the  His- 
torical Society.  As  he  acquired  the  adjoining  land,  the  history  of  this  lot 
is  included  in  that  of  its  neighbors. 

Joseph  Appleton  sold  6 acres  to  Alexander  Troop,  who  lived  on  the 
Essex  Road,  on  the  lot  now  known  as  the  “ Hobson  lot,"  Jan.  20,  1791  (152: 
180).  Troop  also  owned  the  lot,  fronting  on  the  Essex  Road,  and  reaching 
back  of  several  of  the  lots  which  had  their  frontage  on  the  County  Road. 
His  heirs  sold  the  whole  lot,  including  15  acres,  to  John  Farley,  Junior, 
and  Thomas  Farley,  the  tanners,  who  lived  near  the  site  of  the  Parsonage. 


16  THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL’S  BROOK 


Their  barn  and  tan  house  and  other  buildings  used  by  Josiah  Stackpole  as  a 
soap  factory,  were  torn  down  in  1906,  and  the  Giles  Firmin  garden  laid  out 
on  the  site.  The  Farleys  sold  to  Amos  Jones,  Feb.  17,  1820  (223:160). 
Thomas  Wade  acquired  it,  and  by  an  exchange  of  adjoining  land,  conveyed 
the  title  to  Daniel  Ross,  May  22,  1824  (235:184)  who  owned  already  the 
land  on  the  north  and  south. 

Robert  Calef’s  Lot. 

No.  17  on  Diagram. 

The  next  original  lot,  assigned  apparently  to  Robert  Calef,  owmed  by 
his  heirs  in  1742,  was  sold  by  John  Calef  to  John  Appleton,  4^  acres,  Nov. 
6,  1752  (98:36).  His  son  William,  heir  of  his  estate,  sold  to  Stephen  Brown, 
March  16,  1807  (180:122),  who  sold  to  Daniel  Ross,  March  29,  1817  (213: 
28).  The  old  soldier,  having  acquired  a goodly  19  acre  tract  by  his  suc- 
cessive purchases,  sold  the  whole  to  Capt.  Symmes  Potter,  Sept.  18,  1838 
(308:91),  who  bequeathed  it  with  his  other  lands  to  his  sister,  Mrs.  Julia  P. 
Willett.  Her  son,  Wallace  P.  inherited  at  her  death. 

Thomas  Manning’s  Lot. 

No.  18  on  Diagram. 

Thomas  Manning, the  blacksmith,  who  bought  the  20  acre  lot  on  “Part- 
ing Paths”  from  Mr.  Crompton,  was  assigned  a lot  of  equal  size,  which  is 
included  in  Charles  A.  Campbell’s  estate.  In  his  will  (proved  May  23, 
1737  Pro.  Rec.  322:49-53),  he  bequeathed  to  his  son  Richard,  his  shop, 
barn  and  all  his  blacksmith  tools,  his  negro  man,  Daniel,  and  a full  third 
of  the  tract  laid  out  to  him  in  the  Inner  Common.  He  gave  a third  to  his 
son  John,  and  another  to  Joseph.  The  sons  agreed  to  a division,  Richard 
taking  the  lot  adjoining  the  Calef  land,  Joseph  the  next,  and  John  the 
third,  on  the  corner  of  Lakeman’s  Lane,  May  24,  1738  (77:23).  j 

The  Richard  Manning  lot  was  owned  later  by  Robert  and  John  Potter. 
The  administrator  of  Robert  sold  his  interest  to  Stephen  Brown,  3*^,  April 

8,  1778  (149:262).  Joseph  Boardman  sold  a quarter  interest  in  this  lot  to 
Walter  Brown,  son  of  Stephen,  April  2,  1824  (235:69),  and  he  acquired  a 
complete  title.  His  administrator  sold  the  lot,  6 acres,  to  Asa  Wade,  June 

9,  1863  (652:179)  who  sold  to  Chas.  A.  Campbell,  Mar.  20,  1894  (1406:500). 

Dr.  Joseph  Manning  acquired  his  brother’s  third  and  his  son.  Dr.  John 
“for  love  and  affection  paid  me  by  my  daughter  and  one  dollar,”  conveyed 
12  acres  to  Lucretia  Smith,  the  wife  of  Asa,  May  14,  1806  (179:169). 
Asa  and  Lucretia  Smith  sold  to  Richard  Manning,  May  22,  1817  (213:154). 
In  the  inventory  of  Richard  (Pro.  Rec.  397:548,  June  7,  1821)  it  is  entered 
as  “about  eleven  acres  of  land  called  the  common  lot,”  but  in  the  con- 
veyance by  Richard  Manning’s  heirs  to  William  Manning,  it  is  called  the 
Smith  lot,  Jan.  24,  1833  (270:37). 

Mr.  Manning  enlarged  the  lot  by  the  purchase  of  the  Birch  Pasture, 
so  called,  9 acres,  from  George  Fellows,  of  Salem,  one  of  the  heirs  of  Eph- 
raim Fellows,  Jan.  8,  1833  (270:38).  His  heirs  sold  the  homestead  on  the 


FAIRVIEW 

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opposite  side  of  County  Road  and  the  23  acres  to  George  Fellows,  who 
removed  from  Salem  and  spent  his  last  years  near  the  place  of  his  birth, 
Sept.  7,  1860  (612:246).  His  heirs  sold  to  Willard  B.  and  William  H.  Kins- 
man, April  13,  1883  (1105:201)  and  the  23  acre  lot  was  included  in  the 
successive  conveyances  to  Albert  W.  Smith,  May  24,  1S94  (1412:499),  to 
Asa  Burnham,  Dec.  14,  1895  (1465:274)  to  Mrs.  Lavinia  A.  Brown,  April 
15, 1902  (1670:312)  and  to  Mrs.  Lavinia  Campbell,  wife  of  Charles  A.,  Oct. 
27,  1904  (1758:111).  Mr.  Campbell  also  purchased  of  W.  P.  Willett  three 
and  a third  acres,  part  of  the  original  Calef  lot,  Oct.  12,  1900  (1621:444). 
The  beautiful  mansion  on  this  estate,  which  bears  the  appropriate  name  of 
Fairview,  was  built  in  1900. 

Thomas  Firman^  s Lot. 

No.  19  on  Diagram. 

The  natural  boundaiy  of  the  Inner  Common  of  the  South  Eighth,  of 
which  we  have  been  speaking,  on  the  south  side,  would  seem  to  have  been 
the  water  course,  variously  known  as  Mile  Brook  or  River,  or  The  Mile 
Brook  or  ‘‘the  river  that  runneth,  out  of  the  great  Pond,”  or  Annable’s 
Brook  occasionally,  or  Saw  Mill  Brook.  As  there  were  other  brooks  called 
Two  Mile  Brook  and  Three  Mile  Brook,  the  length  of  the  stream  seems 
to  have  suggested  the  name. 

But  for  some  reason  which  can  not  be  guessed  even,  a generous  tract 
of  land  bordering  on  the  brook,  reaching  from  the  present  County  Road  to 
the  Candlewood  road,  was  granted  at  a very  early  date  to  three  men. 
Thomas  Firman  was  the  earliest  known  owner  of  a tract  which  was  sold  for 
twenty  acres,  in  1647,  but  a little  later  for  forty  acres.  Richard  Saltonstall, 
Esq.  owned  a forty  acre  tract  on  the  east  side  of  Firman’s,  which  was  sold 
by  his  heirs  as  6fty  acres  a century  later  and  John  Andrews  owned  from 
Saltonstall’s  line  to  the  Candlewood  road.  Each  of  these  will  be  considered 
in  due  time,  but  at  present  we  are  concerned  only  with  the  Firman  lot. 

Firman  sold  twenty  acres  upland  and  meadow,  bounded  by  the  Mile 
brook  southwest,  the  Saltonstall  pasture  southeast  and  “ the  rest  on  common 
ground,”  to  Thomas  Low  and  Edward  Bragg,  Oct.  27,  1647  (Ips.  Deeds  1 : 
35).  Bragg  eventually  disposed  of  his  interest  and  Low  sold  or  bequeathed 
the  whole  lot  to  his  son  John.  Of  these  transfers  no  record  remains. 

John  Low,  Senior,  and  Dorcas,  sold  10  acres  to  Joseph  Fellows,  Jan. 
1,  1689  (10:8)  and  30  acres  to  his  son  John,  Junior,  reserving  to  his  own 
use  2 acres  next  the  brook,  Oct.  10,  1692  (10:148).  John  Jr.  sold  4 
acres  to  Ruth  Fellows,  widow  of  Joseph,  Dec.  7,  1693  (10:5).  The  small 
two  acre  lot  bounded  by  the  Bay  Road  west,  and  Mile  brook  south,  came 
into  the  possession  of  Thorndike  Low,  son  of  John.  The  remainder  of  the 
farm  was  sold  by  John  Low,  Junior,  measuring  forty  acres,  with  all  the 
buildings,  “y®  easterly  side  upon  y®  common  land  of  the  Town  of  Ipswich 
and  northwesterly  upon  sd.  common,”  to  Abraham  Tilton,  Jun.,  Novem. 
19,  1699  (15:296)  who  sold  to  Thomas  Manning,  the  locksmith,  who  owned 
the  two  large  lots  which  have  been  considered,  February  1706-7  (19:153). 


18  THE  OLD  BAT  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL'S  BROOK 


In  his  will  (proved  May  23,  1737  Pro.  Rec.  322:49-53)  he  directed,  "I  give 
to  my  son,  John  Manning,  all  that  my  farm  I bought  of  Abraham  Tilton, 
containing  50  acres,  be  it  more  or  less,  with  all  the  buildings  standing 
upon  it.” 

Thorndike  Low’s  two  acres  and  buildings  had  come  into  the  possession 
of  Eliezer  Foster,  who  sold  or  mortgaged  liis  modest  estate  to  Capt,  Daniel 
Ringe,  March  27,  1722  (39:245)  but  acquired  it  again,  Oct.  5,  1727  (49:254). 
On  March  3,  1741  (84:1)  he  sold  to  John  Manning  his  neighbor,  ^'my  dwell- 
ing and  land  containing  about  four  acres  being  the  same  I purchased  of  Capt. 
Daniel  Ringe,  and  the  land  I purchased  of  Simon  Wood,  Thomas  Wade 
and  Jonathan  Fellows,  Committee  to  the  Proprietors  in  the  South  Eighth.” 

John  Manning’s  will  (proved  Sept.  11,  1775  Pro.  Rec.  351:335)  be- 
queathed half  the  farm,  now  estimated  as  about  60  acres,  to  his  son  John, 
and  a quarter  to  each  of  the  other  sons,  Thomas  and  Richard.  John  Man- 
ning, Jr.  bequeathed  to  his  sons  Richard  and  William  in  equal  parts  "one 
undivided  half  of  about  sixty  acres,  lying  in  common  with  John  Manning, 
3d.”  His  inventory  includes  "one  dwelling  house  and  other  buildings, 
with  81  rods  under  and  adjoining,  as  well  as  the  undivided  half  of  the  farm,” 
April,  1814  (Pro.  Rec.  385:168,  232).  Richard  acquired  his  brother’s  in- 
terest and  at  his  death,  Judith,  his  widow,  and  the  sons,  Daniel  C.  and 
George,  then  residents  of  Salem,  sold  their  interest  to  William,  son  of  Rich- 
ard, including  the  " Smith  lot,”  the  purchase  of  which  by  Richard  has  been 
already  noted,  Jan.  24,  1833  (270:37).  William  Manning,  bought  the  lot 
on  the  west  side  of  County  Road  and  built  a new  home  and  sold  his  house 
and  29  acres  to  Alfred  Manning,  April  26,  1858  (569:235),  who  conveyed  to 
J.  Frank  Smith,  May  9,  1873  (881:174).  Smith  sold  the  farm  "40  acres 
tillage  and  meadow  with  buildings”  to  William  L.  Sturgis,  the  present 
owner,  April  20,  1877  (974:256). 

The  eastern  half  of  the  John  Manning  farm,  bequeathed  to  Richard 
and  Thomas,  was  owned  eventually  by  Richard.  His  son  Richard,  Jr.,  of 
Salem,  conveyed  to  John  Manning,  3*^,  his  right  to  the  farm,  one  half  and 
one  acre  more,  undivided  with  his  brother  John,  May  8,  1795  (160:23).  Mr. 
Ebenezer  Fall  married  Abigail  the  daughter  of  John  Manning.  At  the 
decease  of  Mr.  Manning,  John  W.  Dodge  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Manning)  sold 
their  interest  to  Mr.  Fall,  March  13,  1845  (882:266)  and  a small  lot,  ad- 
joining, May  7, 1859  (882:267).  He  sold  the  farm  to  Mrs.  Lavinia  A.  Brown 
June  10,  1905  (1783:278).  The  present  dwelling  was  built  by  John  Man- 
ning, 3*^. 

The  Bay  Road,  it  has  been  said,  was  laid  out  in  1640  by  a Committee 
acting  under  the  direction  of  the  General  Court  in  the  precise  location 
County  Road  occupies  to-day.  The  road  was  defined  "by  marked  trees 
over  Mr.  Appletons  meadow,  called  Parlye  Meadow  & from  thence  by  Mr. 
Hubbards  farm  house.”  The  low,  swampy  ground,  over  which  a broad 
causeway  has  since  been  built  in  Ipswich  and  Hamilton,  was  an  embarras- 
sing obstacle  to  travel. 

But  the  task  of  constructing  a proper  highway  was  begun  about  the 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON'S  FARM. 


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time  when  the  road  was  formally  laid  out.  The  Town  Record,  under  the 
date,  The  of  the  2 mo.  1643  contains  the  item, 

“Granted  to  Mr.  William  Hubbard  the  p’cell  of  land  viewed  by  Mr. 
Appleton  and  George  Giddings  containing  about  50  acres  25  whereof 
is  in  consideration  of  the  highway  that  leadeth  through  his  farme  and 
the  other  25  acres  are  for  w'ork  to  be  done  towards  making  the  great 
swamp  sufficient.  Mr.  Saltonstall  Mr.  Appleton  Robert  Andrews  and 
George  Giddings  are  to  pportion  the  work." 

Presumably  the  work  was  done  and  the  Long  Bridge  or  corduroy,  which 
gave  the  name  Long  Bridge  Swamp  to  the  locality,  may  have  been  built  at 
that  time. 

It  has  been  a matter  of  current  tradition  that  in  ortler  to  avoid  tliLs 
sw’amp,  the  original  highway  left  the  present  County  Road  near  the  bridge 
over  Mile  River  and  followed  Lakeman’s  Lane  and  Fellows  Lane,  and  a 
way  over  land  now  owned  by  James  H.  Proctor  to  JMile  River,  where  a 
bridge  was  built  with  long  causew'ays  on  either  side  at  a very  early  date, 
and  then  on  the  high  ground  on  the  south  side  of  Mile  River  to  tlie  main 
road  again. 

A grant  of  40  acres  had  been  made  to  Richard  Jacob  “on  the  north- 
west syde  the  River  that  runneth  out  of  the  great  pond"  before  1638  and 
this  substantial  bridge  and  causeway  gave  easy  access  to  his  house,  which 
was  erected  on  the  lot,  near  the  bridge. 

More  detailed  study  of  this  ancient  bridge  and  the  highways  which 
led  to  it  will  be  made  when  the  lands  adjacent  are  considered.  At  present 
it  may  be  noted  that  the  first  trace  of  a public  highway  in  this  locality  oc- 
curs in  the  vote  of  the  Town  on  Dec.  6,  1658.  “Ordered,  tliat  George  Gid- 
dings and  Edw'ard  Brag  are  apoynted  to  lay  out  a highway  through  Mr. 
SaltingstalPs  40  acres  and  a pt.  of  Jo.  Andrews  his  farm  to  the  Bridge  over 
the  River  to  Rich.  Jacobs  House,  a rod  and  a half  wide." 

A road  already  existed,  no  doubt,  before  this  date,  as  the  bridge  was 
already  built.  Mr.  SaltonstalFs  forty  acres  is  now  included  in  James 
H.  Proctor’s  large  estate.  The  John  Andrews  farm  was  owned  afterwards 
by  William  Fellows  and  his  heirs  and  is  now  included  in  the  farm  of 
Benjamin  R.  Horton.  The  way  thus  laid  out  is  evidently  the  present 
Fellows  Lane,  from  the  Candlewood  road  to  the  old  cart  path  leading 
toward  Mile  River  that  is  still  in  use,  across  the  land  of  the  Daniel  Appleton 
heirs.  No  mention  is  made  of  laying  out  a way  from  the  Bay  Road  to 
this  old  causew'ay  and  bridge.  But  a way  existed  and  was  in  common  use, 
as  appears  from  the  complaint  made  by  some  inhabitants  of  Ipswich  and 
Wenhain  in  July,  1727,  “that  there  hath  been  an  highway  used  for  60  or 
70  years  from  Mr.  Appleton’s  mill'  in  that  part  of  Ipswich  towards  Che- 
bacco,"  now  closed  by  the  proprietors  of  the  commons,  etc.^ 

This  old  way,  then,  was  undoubtedly  in  use  in  1657,  but  the  broad 
high  way  over  Mile  River  and  through  the  Appleton  Farm  was  laid  out  in 

* Major  Appleton's  saw  mill  waa  on  the  South  side  of  the  Mile  River,  near  the 
bridge. 

* Records  Gen.  Sessions  Court,  pp.  63  and  69,  1727. 


20  THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL  ^S  BROOK 


1640,  and  a substantial  thoroughfare,  no  doubt,  had  been  constructed 
many  years  before  the  other  road  was  established.  It  may  be  possible,  to 
be  sure,  that  for  a few  years  the  travelled  path  avoided  the  swamp  by  cross- 
ing the  river  at  the  Jacobs  farm,  but  no  evidence  exists  to  substantiate  the 
suggestion. 

The  complaint  just  mentioned  was  made  to  the  Selectmen.  Failing  of 
any  relief,  the  complainants  carried  their  case  to  the  General  Session  Court, 
affirming  that  this  road  was  **  of  Great  use  to  that  part  of  the  Town  to  go  to 
their  market  and  about  their  occasions  and  for  them  and  many  others  to  go 
to  their  farms  and  lands  in  that  part  of  the  Town,*  which  way  the  proprie- 
tors of  Ipswich  have  stopped  up  by  fencing  in  their  Divisions  of  Common 
for  the  opening  of  which  the  Petitioners  made  their  application.”  The 
Court  appointed  a Committee  of  three  to  make  inspection  and  proper  in- 
quiries. This  was  done  forthwith,  and  a report  was  made  “ that  the  way 
used  and  petitioned  for  is  of  more  benefit  to  the  petitioners  and  others  than 
damage  to  the  Proprietors.” 

The  Town  or  the  Proprietors  failed  to  take  any  action,  and  the  Court 
proceeded*  to  appoint  a Committee  “ to  open  the  old  way  above  mentioned 
by  laying  out  the  same  two  rods  wide.”  The  Committee  reported,  July  17, 
1728.^  “We  have  laid  out  said  way  as  followeth,  beginning  near  said  mill 
where  the  old  way  leadeth  toward  Chebacco  & so  staked  said  way  Two 
rods  wide  till  it  cometh  to  the  Road  leading  from  the  Country  Road  to 
Chebacco,”  i.  e.,  for  the  most  part  the  present  Fellows  Lane. 

But  now  Thomas  Manning,  whose  land  was  cut  by  the  road,  became  an 
aggrieved  party  and  he  complained  to  the  Court  in  1735  that  “he  is  de- 
barred from  improving  a quantity  of  land  next  Elder  Foster’s  land,”  and 
asked  that  the  highway  might  be  relocated.  This  was  referred  to  a Com- 
mittee and  report  was  made,  July  8,  1735.^  A new  location  was  made, 
beginning  at  Eliezer  Foster’s  fence,  crossing  his  land  about  3 rods  from  the 
northerly  corner  of  his  barn  by  Manning’s  fence  to  the  road,  which  was 
adopted. 

But  once  again  the  good  offices  of  the  Court  were  sought  in  1741.  On 
August  11,  “Upon  reading  the  petition  of  Symonds  Epes,  Jonathan  Wade, 
Esqrs  & simdry  others,  that  the  way  leading  from  the  Saw  Mill  Bridge 
to  Chebacco  Road  now  going  up  the  Hill  before  Mr.  Eleazer  Foster’s  House 
hath  by  long  experience  been  found  very  inconvenient  by  reason  of  the 
length  and  heigth  of  the  Hill  praying  that  it  may  go  in  upon  Mr.  John  Man- 
ning’s land  where  it  will  be  very  convenient  to  the  Improvers  etc.,”  a 
Committee  was  again  appointed.  It  reported  that  John  Manning  lay  out 
the  highway  through  his  own  land.  John  Manning  reported  on  Jan.  19, 
1741-2  that  he  had  laid  out  a way  2 rods  wide  all  along  by  the  southwest- 
erly side  of  Dr.  Joseph  Manning’s  land,  being  about  36  rods  on  the  land  from 
the  Country  road  to  the  former  way  leading  towards  Chebacco.^  Here  it 
remains,  now  bearing  the  name  Lakeman’s  Lane. 

» P.  74,  Court  Records.  » P.  81,  Court  Records.  » P.  390,  Court  Records. 

* P.  747,  Court  Records. 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON 's  FARM. 


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The  ancient  road  evidently  ascended  the  hill  on  the  Sturgis  property 
near  the  bridge.  Faint  traces  of  it  are  still  visible  and  on  the  slope  of  the 
hill,  a little  way  from  the  main  road,  the  site  of  a house  is  easily  seen,  and 
the  well  near  by.  This  may  have  been  the  ancient  Thorndike  Lowe  dwell- 
ing afterwards  owned  by  Eleazer  Foster  or  perhaps  the  original  John  Lowe 
dwelling  on  the  Manning  farm. 


22  THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL’s  BROOK 


Samuel  Appleton^ s Farm. 

No.  20  on  Diagram. 

“ Granted  Mr.  Samuel  Appleton  by  the  company  of  freemen  . . . 
a farme  containing  foure  hundred  and  sixty  acres  more  or  less  medow 
and  upland  as  it  lyeth  bounded  by  the  River  commonly  called  the 
Mile  brook  on  the  Northeast  and  by  the  great  River  on  the  Northwest 
on  tlie  West  in  part  by  the  Land  of  W illiam  Warener  and  by  a swamp 
on  the  Southeast  and  partly  also  at  the  same  end  by  the  Land  of  Hugh 
Sherrat  to  enjoy  all  the  sayd  Landes  to  him  his  heirs  and  assigns 
forever.  Entered  into  the  Town  booke  folio  16  the  20^^  of  December 
1638.” 

“The  farme  further  bounded  from  the  Land  of  William  Warener 
by  markt  trees  and  a water  course  and  then  [ ] markt  trees  to  the 

gate  standing  upon  the  high  [ ] leading  to  Salem  from  thence  as 

the  fence  runs  [ ] the  aspes  and  soe  with  a stray t line  to  the  brook.” 

It  will  be  noted  that  Dec.  20^^  1638  is  the  date  of  the  entry  of  the  grant, 
not  of  the  grant  itself.  This  is  unknown.  Under  the  date  Feb.  13‘^,  1636, 
the  entry  in  the  Town  Record  occurs.  “ Granted  to  John  Severance,  a six 
acre  planting  lott  on  the  farr  side  the  Brooke,  and  on  this  side  Appletons 
farme.”  It  is  also  recorded  that  certain  lands  were  granted  to  Thomas 
Wells  in  the  year  1635,  but  the  entry  was  made  on  June  1,  1638.  The  fre- 
quent allusions  to  Folios  of  various  numbers  in  the  earliest  records  and  to 
old  books,  which  had  been  copied,  show  that  the  contemporaneous  record 
of  Town  votes  does  not  exist.  In  fact,  the  first  volume  of  our  present 
Town  Records  is  a composite  w’ork,  compiled  by  the  late  Nathaniel  R. 
Farley  from  two  ancient  books  of  record,  identical  in  considerable  degree, 
yet  with  marked  differences,  the  character  and  critical  historic  value  of 
which  are  yet  to  be  determined.  The  date  of  the  grant  of  this  great  farm 
cannot  be  decided,  therefore,  and  may  be  coincident  with  the  arrival  of 
Mr.  Appleton. 

It  is  recorded,  under  the  date  2®^  day  of  March,  1637. 

“All  those  that  have  planting  ground  by  the  River  side  beyond  Mr. 
Appleton’s  are  to  take  the  lott  layers  and  lay  out  a highway  as  may  be 
most  convenient  as  themselves  can  best  agree  and  return  it  to  the  eleven 
men.” 

This  alludes  undoubtedly  to  the  road  now  called  Waldingfield  Road 
which  led  to  the  river  lots  of  William  W arner,  Mark  Quilter  and  others 
and  the  great  1200  acre  farm  of  Richard  Saltonstall,  Esq.  It  was  not 
much  of  a highway  in  the  modem  sense  of  the  term  as  the  east  end  of 
Quilters  20  acres  came  “up  to  a path  leading  to  Mr.  Saltonstalls  farm.”* 

In  1648,  Mr.  Appleton  received  the  grant  of  “a  little  p’cell  of  land 
lying  by  the  Highway  leading  to  his  farm  by  the  Pequid  lotts,”^  and  in 

1 Town  Record,  1638. 

2 Granted  to  the  men  who  marched  against  the  Pequods.  They  have  not  been 
located. 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON’s  FARM. 


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1650,  there  was  '’granted  to  Mr.  Apleton  a p’cell  of  ground  (in  full  satis- 
faction for  the  Country  highway  going  through  his  farm)  beyond  the 
swamp  to  make  his  fence  straight  not  exceeding  eight  acres.” ^ He  ac- 
quired also  Parlye's  meadow. 

Samuel  Appleton  died  in  June  1670,  in  Rowley,  where  it  is  supposed 
he  made  his  home  the  latter  years  of  his  life  with  his  daughter  Sarah,  wife 
of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Phillips.  It  may  be  that  he  made  conveyance  of  his 
farm  before  his  death,  as  John  Appleton,  his  elder  son,  sold  Anthony  Potter 
18  acrei,  bounded  by  Mile  brook  on  the  east,  the  Mill  River  on  the  north 
and  land  of  Lieut.  Samuel  Appleton  west,  Dec.  22, 1664  (Ips.  Deeds  2: 403) 
and  Lieut.  Samuel,  his  younger  son,  sold  John  Adams,  a house  and  20  acres 
“near  Samuels  farm,”  Dec.  2,  1665  (Ips.  Deeds  2:513).  With  the  excep- 
tion of  the  16  acre  lot  which  his  brother  sold  to  Anthony  Potter,  Samuel 
seems  to  have  owned  the  whole  farm.  He  conveyed  18  acres  more  to 
Anthony  Potter,  10-11-1681  (Ips.  Deeds  3:486). 

Here  Major  Appleton  made  his  home  in  his  declining  years.  His  public 
services  had  been  great  and  arduous, as  a military  commander, an  Assistant, 
and  an  uncompromising  opponent  of  Gov.  Andros.^  He  owned  a house  in 
the  town  of  Ipswich,  but  preferred  the  farm.  He  had  a saw  mill,  which 
abutted  on  the  southeast  corner  of  the  bridge,  known  sometimes  as  Saw 
Mill  Bridge  or  Mile  l irook  I^ridge,  and  the  mill  pond  flowed  the  low  ground 
over  several  acres  probably. 

The  name,  Appleton’s  Bridge,  was  also  in  use.  On  March  2^,  1762, 
Oliver  Appleton,  who  owned  the  saw  mill,  and  others,  petitioned  the 
Town  concerning  the  bridge.  On  May  13“*,  it  was  voted  that  “Col.  Choate, 
Capt.  Farley,  and  Capt.  Baker  be  a Committee  to  take  a view  of  Appleton’s 
Bridge,  & consider  the  expediency  of  building  sd  bridge  into  a stone  bridge, 
and  inquire  what  difference  in  cost  between  a Plank  Bridge  and  a Rock 
Bridge  and  report  as  soon  as  may  be.”  The  Committee  reported  on 
July  2°*^,  and  the  Town  voted,  “ That  said  bridge  be  built  into  a Rock 
bridge  in  the  most  prudent,  expeditious  and  effectual  manner,  the  abut- 
ments & pier  & covering  rock  at  ye  expense  & charge  of  ye  Town,  said 
bridge  to  be  built  on  y®  place  where  it  is  now  began.”  Col.  John  Choate 
and  Capt.  Isaac  Smith,  who  owned  the  Col.  Samuel  Appleton  farm,  v/ere 
appointed  the  building  Committee.  The  bridge  is  still  in  use  and  ante- 
dates the  Choate  Bridge  by  two  years. 

Samuel  Appleton’s  sons  also  settled  on  the  great  farm.  To  John,  he 
conveyed  by  deed  a house,  and  a goodly  portion  of  land  on  Novcm.  12, 
1688  (Ips.  Deeds  5:299)  and  a similar  portion  without  a dwelling  to  Isaac 
on  the  same  date  (11:108).  He  died  in  his  quiet  farm  house  in  1696.  His 
will,  which  was  proved  June  16,  1696  (Pro.  Rec.  305:168),  confirmed  to 
John  and  Isaac  the  j:ortions  they  had  already  received  and  divided  the  re- 
mainder to  his  widow  Mary,  and  his  sons,  Samuel  and  Oliver,  with  a provi- 
sion for  the  distribution  of  Bridge  croft  after  his  wife’s  decease. 

* Town  Record. 

> See  Ipswich  in  the  Mae*.  Bay  Colony,  for  the  history  of  his  public  •eiwices. 


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The  Isaac  Appleton  Farm. 

The  farm  allotted  to  Isaac  has  continued  in  his  direct  line  to  the  present 
day.  He  bore  the  title  of  Major  and  he  had  a part  in  the  military  opera- 
tions of  his  time.  He  died  May  22,  1747,  and  bequeathed  the  farm  to  his 
son  Isaac.  The  will  was  refused  allowance,  on  the  ground  of  his  lack  of 
mental  soundness,  but  was  eventually  approved  in  1785  (Pro.  Rec.  328; 
211-215). 

Isaac,  son  of  the  Major,  lived  to  the  great  age  of  91  years.  He  died 
Dec.  18,  1794,  bequeathing  his  estate  to  his  son,  Samuel,  by  his  will,  proved 
Jan.  5,  1795.  The  old  house  built  by  Major  Isaac  was  replaced  by  the 
present  dwelling  on  the  same  site,  which  was  built  by  Samuel  in  1794. 

Samuel’s  will,  proved  June  1819  (Pro.  Rec.  393:529-30),  divided  the 
farm  between  his  sons  Samuel  Gilman  and  Timothy.  Samuel  died  on  July 
2,  1852,  at  the  age  of  81.  Timothy  survived  five  years,  and  died  on  the 
22*‘^  of  March,  1857,  at  the  age  of  78.  Gen.  James,  their  brother,  removed 
from  Portland  after  Samuel  Gilman’s  death  and  bought  the  interests  of  the 
surviving  heirs.  His  life  had  been  active  and  conspicuous.  His  military 
career  began  while  he  was  residing  in  Gloucester,  during  the  war  of  1812. 
He  rose  through  all  the  grades  and  became  Brigadier-General  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts militia.  As  business  affairs  promised  well  in  Portland,  he  re- 
moved thither  and  became  prominent  in  public  life.  He  was  an  influen- 
tial member  of  the  State  Legislature,  where  he  introduced  the  Prohibitory 
Law,  although  the  credit  of  its  inception  has  been  given  to  Neal  Dow,  and 
became  an  entliusiastic  leader  in  the  Temperance  work.  He  retired  from 
public  life  on  his  removal  to  the  ancestral  farm,  but  retained  his  interest  in 
public  affairs,  and  made  a memorable  address  to  the  Ipswich  company,  at 
the  depot,  when  it  started  for  the  front,  at  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War. 

Gen.  James  Appleton  died  Aug.  25,  1862  and  his  son,  Daniel  Fuller 
Appleton,  acquired  the  interest  of  the  other  heirs,  and  made  his  summer 
home  at  the  farm  until  his  death  in  1904.  His  son,  Francis  Randall,  suc- 
ceeded him  in  the  ownership  of  the  ancient  domain. 

Rev.  John  Cotton  Smith,  D.  D.,  who  had  married  Harriette  Apple- 
ton,  daughter  of  Gen.  James,  built  a summer  cottage  near  the  homestead, 
which  received  the  name.  Briar  Hill.  It  is  still  occupied  by  the  heirs. 

The  John  Appleton  Farm. 

John,  son  of  Major  Samuel,  died  in  1724,  at  the  age  of  29,  and  by  his 
will,  proved  June  8,  1724  (Pro.  Rec.  315:107-9)  devised  his  estate  to  his 
son  Benjamin.  Benjamin's  widow,  Elizabeth  (Wade),  was  appointed  ad- 
ministratrix, March  1,  1731  (Pro.  Rec.  318:74).  The  heirs  sold  to  Dan- 
ielDeane  or  Dane,  Jan.  13,  1752  (97:322).  Mr.  Dane  conveyed  it  to  his  son 
Nathan  Dane,  the  famous  Professor  of  Law  at  Harvard,  April  4,  1780 
(139:57).  He  was  born  in  the  year  1752, and  he  may  have  seen  the  light,  as 
it  has  been  affirmed,  in  the  ancient  dwelling  whichstill  stands,  though  the 
timbers  of  the  house  indicate  that  it  is  not  the  original  dwelling  built  by 


AND  SAMUEL  APPLETON 's  FARM. 


25 


John  Appleton.  Nathan  Dane  enlarged  his  farm  by  the  purchase  of 
about  31  acres  with  a dwelling  on  the  east  side  of  County  Road,  bounded 
by  the  land  of  Oliver  Appleton,  north,  and  Mile  River,  east,  from  the 
guardian  of  Jacob  Brown, a person  non  compos  mentis,  June  30,  1790  (152: 
33).  This  lot  was  a part  of  the  original  Jacobs  farm.  Thomas  Jacobs  had 
bequeathed  the  farm,  containing  about  50acres,to  Abigail,  wife  of  Thomas 
Brown,  which  Thomas  and  Abigail  Brown  conveyed  to  Jacob  Brown,  Feb. 
21,  1758  (123:42).  Jacob  built  the  house  undoubtedly.  On  July  13, 
1802  (177:89),  Mr.  Dane  sold  to  Samuel  Safford  and  it  has  always  been 
affirmed  that  Daniel  Safford,  of  Boston,  who  built  the  fence  around  Bos- 
ton Common  was  born  in  the  old  house,  which  still  remains.  An  engraving 
of  this  dwelling  forms  the  frontispiece  to  his  biography.  The  Safford 
heirs  sold  to  Benjamin  Patch,  Dec.  25,  1816  (211:203)  and  April  19,  1817 
(214:  66,  67).  Mr.  Patch  sold  at  once  the  30  acre  lot,  wdiich  Jacob  Brown 
had  owned  and  occupied,  to  Benjamin  and  Samuel  Patch,  April  22,  1817 
(226:  82).  The  original  John  Appleton  farm  remained  in  his  possession 
until  his  death.  The  administrator  of  his  estate  sold  a 20  acre  lot  to  Asa 
Wade,  who  sold  to  his  son  Henry  F.  Wade.  He  sold  to  D.  F.  Appleton,  Jan. 
6,  1868  (740:  158)  and  it  is  now  owned  by  Francis  R.  Appleton.  Henry 
Wikon  and  Lucy  his  wife,  heir  of  Benj.  Patch,  sold  to  D.  F.  Appleton  a 
small  acre  and  a half  lot,  Nov.  23,  1866  (732:82)  and  ten  acres,  April  8, 
1869  (772:178).  They  also  sold  12  acres  to  Francis  R.  Appleton,  De- 
cember 18,  1874  (920:129).  The  remainder  of  the  farm,  80  acres,  with 
th.e  old  house,  was  sold  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  to  Daniel  Fuller  Appleton, 
Jan.  2,  1890  (1269:156)  who  conveyed  to  his  son,  James  W,  Appleton, 
Feb.  15,  1894  (1402:278)  and  he  in  turn,  to  his  brother  Francis. 

Reverting  to  the  30  acre  lot  between  County  Road  and  Mile  River, 
6 acres  fell  to  Sally  Amiable.  Daniel  Annable  and  other  heirs  conveyed 
three-fifths  of  this  to  Samuel  and  George  Patch,  Jan.  1,  1824  (234:138)  and 
Ira  Dunnels  and  w ife  conveyed  a quarter  interest -to  the  same,  April  20, 
1824  (235:277).  Anotlier  6 acre  lot  was  conveyed  by  George  Patch  to  Eph- 
raim Patch,  Feb.  26,  1845  (620:38).  His  administrator  sold  the  southern 
half  of  this  lot  to  the  widow,  Lucy  Patch,  March  20,  1861  (620:39)  and  the 
rest  to  Henry  Wilson.  Mr.  Wilson  sold  to  Albert  S.  Browm,  July  1,  1864 
(678:226)  and  Mrs.  Patch  sold  her  interest  to  him,  Dec.  21,  1868  (762:128). 
Mr.  Brown  sold  the  whole  lot  to  D.  F.  Appleton,  Feb.  21,  1889  (1248:504) 
and  Mr.  Appleton  conveyed  to  his  son  Francis,  Aug.  7,  1894  (1420:153). 
The  old  Jacob  Browm  cellar  is  still  visible  on  this  lot. 

The  Samuel  Appleton  Farm. 

Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Major  Samuel,  attained  the  rank  of  Colonel  in 
active  service  in  Nova  Scotia  and  elsewhere  and  was  a conspicuous  citizen. 
His  will  was  proved,  Nov.  25,  1725  (Pro.  Rec.  315:  307)  and  it  made  his  son 
Samuel,  the  fourth  of  the  name  in  successive  generations,  a merchant  of 
Boston,  his  heir.  He  died  in  London  of  smallpox,  Dec.  21,  1728.  Jasper 
Waters,  and  Jasper  Waters,  Jun.,  drapers  of  London,  brought  suit  against 


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his  estate  and  gained  possession,  April  2,  1731  (97:86).  Their  attorney 
Bold  the  farm  to  Isaac  Smith  and  Nathan  Chapman,  July  25,  1751  (97:88). 
Mr.  Smith  had  bought  the  saw  mill  near  by,  Feb.  24,  1745  (88:156). 
They  sold  28J  acres  abutting  on  the  Daniel  Dane  farm  to  Isaac  Appleton 
and  Philip  Brown,  March  10,  1752  (99:157)  and  on  March  25,  1752  (104: 
215)  Capt.  Smith  bought  Chapman^s  interest.  His  son,  Samuel,  bought 
the  interest  of  the  other  heirs,  and  acquired  the  title,  Feb.  10,  1814  (203:8). 
The  farm  had  preserved  nearl}^  its  original  dimension  down  to  this  time, but 
was  now  dismembered.  On  May  27, 1803,  some  years  before  he  acquired  his 
title  to  the  farm,  Samuel  Smith  sold  lOf  acres  of  pasture  land  to  Manasseh 
Dodge (210:67),  and  some  years  later,  he  sold  23f  acres  adjoining  the  above 
to  Benjamin  Dodge.  Winthrop  L.  Dodge  inherited  and  sold  the  two  lots 
to  Oliver  Underhill,  April  11,  1860  (679:81).  William  Willcomb  and  his 
wife  Laura  (Underhill)  in  her  own  right  sold  5 acres  of  meadow  and  the  33 
acres  of  pasture  to  Daniel  F.  Appleton,  Sept.  15,  1881  (1068:167)  who  con- 
veyed to  his  son  Francis  R.  Appleton,  Dec.  25,  1891  (1334:94).  Mr.  Apple- 
ton  built  his  mansion  to  w^hich  he  has  given  the  name.  New  House,  on  this 
pasture  lot. 

On  Feb.  23,  1814,  Samuel  Smith  sold  15  acres  of  upland  to  David 
Dodge,  the  miller  (212:268).  The  first  mills  on  the  upper  river  were  built 
by  John  Adams,  to  whom  Major  Samuel  Appleton  had  sold  a house  and 
20  acres.  John  Adams,  Sen.,  conveyed  his  house,  lands,  the  corn  mill, 
etc.  to  his  son  John,  April  7,  1698  (13:291).  Isaac  Smith  and  his  wife, 
Eunice,  sold  to  Paul  Dodge, 

all  y*  our  Estate  now  in  our  possession  together  with  y®  Revertion  & 
remainder,  which  Remainder  that  is  now  in  y:  Possession  & improve- 
ment of  Our  Father,  Mr.  Nath^  Cross,  being  the  Dower  of  his  wife, 
Phebe,  heretofore  Phebe  Adams  & natural  mother  to  said  Eunice  . . . 
commonly  called  Adamses  Mills,” 

including  house,  barn,  grist  and  saw  mills,  about  42  acres,  December  1, 
1750  (96:180). 

Barnabas  Dodge,  son  of  Paul,  inherited  the  estate  and  bequeathed  it 
to  his  son,  David.  David  sold  his  whole  possession,  including  the  15  acre 
lot,  purchased  of  Samuel  Smith  and  a one  acre  lot  v/ith  a dwelling  near  by, 
to  Ammi  Smith,  January  2,  1827  (242:  273).  Horatio  Smith  and  the  other 
heirs  sold  the  same  to  Caleb  and  Jerome  Norwood  of  Pi,ockport,  April  21, 
1868  (746:148).  The  one  acre  lot,  from  which  the  house  had  disappeared, 
was  sold  by  Caleb  J.  Norwood  to  Francis  R.  Appleton,  Nov.  4,  1886  (1185: 
225).  It  was  then  known  as  Kent’s  Corner,  probably  from  the  blacksmith, 
who  had  a shop  here,  years  ago.  It  was  in  all  probability  a part  of  the 
20  acres,  which  John  Adams  bought  of  Major  Appleton. 

Mr.  Norwood  sold  the  15  acre  lot,  which  Samuel  Smith  sold  to  David 
Dodge,  to  Bayard  Tuckerman,  Sept.  11,  1890(1290:48).  Mr.  Tuckerman 
built  his  dwelling  on  the  sightly  eminence,  thus  acquired,  and  gave  the 
name  Sunswyck  to  his  new  home.  He  had  married  Annie,  daughter 
of  Rev.  John  Cotton  Smith,  D.D.,  and  granddaughter  of  Gen.  James 
Appleton,  and  the,  ancient  Appleton  pasture  now  returned  to  its  own 


WAI.DINGFlElvD 

The  residence  of  Mr.  Randolph  M.  Appleton. 


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Samuel  Smith  also  sold  a meadow  lot  of  6^  acres  to  David  Wallace 
and  a similar  lot  of  7 acres  adjoining  to  John  Adams,  on  Feb.  22,  1814  (217: 
85,  86).  John  Adams  sold  to  Silsbee  Adams,  May  22,  1860  (651:118),  who 
conveyed  to  D.  F.  Appleton,  July  20,  1883  (1112:29).  Mary  E.  Wallace, 
widow  of  David,  empowered  Aretas  D.  Wallace,  as  executor,  to  sell  her 
estate.  He  sold  the  meadov/  lot  to  D.  F.  Appleton,  March  9,  1883  (1103: 
275).  On  Dec.  25,  1891,  Mr.  Appleton  conveyed  the  Adams  Meadow, 
“lying  directly  in  front  of  New  House,”  and  the  Wallace  meadow’  adjoining 
to  Francis  R.  Appleton  (1334:  93  & 97). 

A lot  of  upland  and  meadow’,  25  J acres,  was  sold  by  Samuel  Smith  to 
Oliver  Appleton,  May  11,  1814  (215:52).  The  later  history  of  the  lot  is 
included  in  that  of  the  Oliver  Appleton  farm. 

The  remainder  of  the  Col.  Samuel  Appleton  farm,  with  the  old  man- 
sion, which  has  been  identified  with  Major  Appleton’s  house,  was  sold  by 
Samuel  Smith  to  Samuel  Obear  of  Wenham,  Dec.  22,  1818  (226:65),  by 
Obear  to  Hamilton  Brow’n,  April  13,  1821  (226:65).  His  son,  Albert  S. 
Brown,  sold  4 acres  of  meadow  and  upland  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  rail- 
road to  Francis  R.  Appleton,  Feb.  21,  1889(1248:  503)  and  on  the  same  date 
a parcel  of  meadow  on  the  west  side  of  the  railroad  to  Daniel  Fuller  Apple- 
ton  (1248:504),  which  he  conveyed  to  Francis  Randall,  Dec.  25,  1891  (1334: 
95).  The  farm,  sixty  acres  and  buildings,  was  sold  by  Mr.  Brow’n  to  Helen 
K.,  wife  of  Randolph  M.  Appleton,  son  of  D.  F.  Appleton,  Feb.  21,  1889 
(1248:505).  The  old  house  was  removed  from  its  original  location  under 
the  great  elms  and  made  a part  of  the  new’  mansion,  which  w’as  built  near 
by.  The  name  of  this  estate,  Waldingfield,  is  that  of  the  English  village. 
Little  Waldingfield  in  Suffolk,  from  w’hich  Samuel  Appleton  migrated  to 
the  new  land. 


The  Oliver  Appleton  Farm. 

Oliver  succeeded  his  father,  Major  Samuel,  in  the  ownership  of  the 
saw  mill,  the  ox  pasture  and  other  lands.  He. built  a house  for  himself 
on  the  corner  of  Waldingfield  Road  and  County  Road,  from  w^hich  the 
Aaron  Lord  house  was  removed.  He  attained  the  venerable  age  of  83, 
which  W’as  common  in  his  family  line,  and  died,  Jan.  9,  1759.  His  will, 
proved  March  20,  1759  (Pro.  Rec.  336:130)  divided  his  estate.  To  his  son 
Oliver,  he  gave  the  mill,  and  part  of  his  land,  the  rest  to  Nathaniel. 

Nathaniel  received  the  homestead,  which  was  attained  by  purchase 
from  the  other  heirs  by  his  daughter  Susanna,  wife  of  Jeremiah  Choate 
Underhill  His  son,  Oliver  Underhill,  succeeded  him,  and  his  heirs  sold  to 
their  sister,  Catherine  E.,  wife  of  Aaron  Lord,  Aug.  30,  1878  (1004:190) 
who  sold  to  Ruth  Appleton  Tuckerman,  daughter  of  D.  F.  Appleton,  and 
wife  of  Charles  S.  Tuckerman,  the  house  and  land  adjoining,  Oct.  23,  1901 
(1656:  40),  and  the  remainder  of  the  land  to  Francis  R.  Appleton,  Oct. 
23,1891  (1324:512). 

Oliver  Appleton,  son  of  Oliver,  built  a house  for  his  residence  on  the 
Bouth  side  of  the  present  Waldingfield  road.  His  son,  Oliver,  the  third  of 


28  THE  OLD  BAY  ROAD  FROM  SALTONSTALL’s  BROOK,  ETC. 


the  name,  bought  the  holdings  of  the  other  heirs,  May  5,  1803  (Pro.  Rec, 
370:107).  He  sold  to  his  sons,  Tristram  and  Nathaniel,  Mar.  31,  1823  (232: 
71).  They  conveyed  to  Oliver  Underhill,  April  18,1832  (265:66,)  who  sold 
to  Henry  Wilson,  June  13,  1835  (284: 41 ) including  the  mill  privilege.  Mr. 
Wilson  bequeathed  the  estate  to  his  grandson,  Joseph  R.,  son  of  his  son 
Henry,  who  sold  20  acres  at  the  R.  R.  crossing  to  Fanny  Appleton,  wife  of 
Francis  R..  Jan.  31,  1896  (1470:123),  9 acres  to  Randolph  M.  Appleton, 
April  4,  1900(1606:248)  and  the  “Middle  Gate  Lot,"  4f  acres  on  County 
Road,  to  Mrs.  Francis  R.  Appleton,  on  same  date  (1606:  249).  His  widow, 
Annie  M.,  sold  his  estate  to  Francis  R.  Appleton,  April  23,  1901  (1646:57), 
who  transferred  11  acres  on  the  north  side  of  the  road  to  his  brother-in-law, 
Chas.  S.  Tuckerman.  Mr.  Tuckerman  removed  both  the  Henry  Wilson 
house  and  the  Underhill  house  from  their  original  foundations  to  a new  site 
on  the  hill,  and  combined  these  in  one  large  mansion.  “ Applefield"  is  the 
name  of  the  estate,  a happy  union  of  Waldingfield  and  the  apple  orchard, 
which  covers  several  acres. 

Thus,  the  ancient  Appleton  grant  is  now  almost  entirely  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  direct  descendants  of  the  emigrant.  The  lots  sold  by 
Captain  John  and  Major  Samuel  to  Anthony  Potter  are  still  a part  of 
that  farm,  now  owned  by  the  heirs  of  Harriet  Smith,  but  these  are  the 
only  parts  in  the  hands  of  strangers.  The  Oliver  Appleton  farm  is  owned 
in  part  by  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Tuckerman,  daughter  of  Daniel  Fuller  Appleton, 
and  the  remainder  is  in  possession  of  Francis  R.  Appleton.  The  Samuel 
Appleton  farm  is  owned  in  part  by  Randolph  M.  Appleton,  in  part  by  Bay- 
ard Tuckerman,  and  the  balance  by  Francis  R.  Appleton.  The  latter  also 
owns  the  Isaac  and  John  Appleton  farms  aiid  he  has  added  to  the  ancestral 
acres,  large  tracts  that  were  never  in  the  Appleton  possession.  Mrs.  Gerald 
L.  Hoyt,  daughter  of  Daniel  Fuller  Appleton  occupies  the  cottage,  which 
was  built  upon  the  old  Appleton  school-house  as  a base.  Briar  Hill  is  still 
the  summer  home  of  the  heirs  of  Rev.  John  Cotton  Smith  and  Harriet,  the 
daughter  of  Gen.  James  Appleton. 


A GENEALOGY  OF  THE  IPSWICH  DESCENDANTS 


OF 

SAMUEL  APPLETON  * 

1.  Samuel  Appleton  was  bom  at  Little  Waldingfield,  England  in 
1586.  He  married  at  Preston,  England,  on  Jan.  24,  1616,  Judith  Everard. 
Their  children  were: 

2 Mary,  born  at  Little  Waldingfield,  1616. 

3 Judith,  born  at  Little  Waldingfield,  1618;  died  at  Reydon,  Eng., 

in  1629. 

4 Martha, born  at  Little  Waldingfield,1620;  married  Richard  Jacobs 

of  Ipswich;  died  Sept.  8,  1659. 

5 John,  born  at  Little  Waldins;field,  1622.  See  No.  5. 

6 Samuel,  born  at  Little  Waldingfield,  1625.  See  No.  6. 

7 Sarah,  bom  at  Reydon,  1629;  married  Rev.  Samuel  Phillips  of 

Rowley,  Oct.,  1651. 

He  married  Martha 

8 Judith,  born  at  Reydon,  1634;  married  Samuel  Rogers  of  Ips- 

wich, Dec.  24,  1657;  died  July,  1659. 

He  took  the  freeman’s  oath  on  May  25,  1636,  and  was  resident  in 
Il>swich  as  early  as  July,  1636.  The  widow  Sarah  Dillingham  of  Ipswich 
bequeathed  to  Mr.  Samuel  Appleton  five  pounds,  and  to  his  wife  a silver 
porringer,  and  committed  the  education  and  government  of  her  child,  and 
the  care  of  her  estate  to  Mr.  Saltonstall  and  Mr.  Appleton,  in  her  will,  dated 
July  10th  of  that  year.  The  title  Mr.  indicated  social  position  above  the 
ordinary.  Winthrop’s  Diary  mentions  that  out  of  sixty- two  persons  ad  - 
mitted  to  be  freemen,  on  the  above  date,  Mr.  Appleton  and  three  others 
were  the  only  ones  who  were  entitled  to  this  honorary  prefix. 

He  was  chosen  Deputy  to  the  General  Court  in  May,  1637,  and  re- 
ceived several  grants  of  land,  which  are  noted  in  “Ip.swich  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony,  1633-1700,”  besides  his  great  farm. 

* In  the  preparation  of  this  Genealogy  much  help  has  been  derived 
from  the  Genealogy  published  by  William  Sumner  Anpleton  in  1874. 
But  a fresh  examination  has  been  made  of  the  Vital  Statistics  of  Ipswich 
and  many  corrections  and  additions  have  been  made,  bringing  the 
statistics  down  to  the  present  date. 


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A GENEALOGY  OF  THE  IPSWICH  DESCENDANTS 


SECOND  GENERATION. 

5.  Captain  John  Appleton, ^ born  at  Little  Waldingfield,  England 
in  1622,  had  a long  and  distinguished  public  career,  which  is  described 
in  “Ipswich  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony."  He  married  Priscilla, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Jesse  Glover,  and  lived  on  the  north  side  of  the  Topsfield 
road,  near  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Lavinia  Brown.  He  died  Nov.  4,  1699. 
His  wife  had  died  a little  before,  Feb.  18, 1698. 

9 John,  born  Oct.  16, 1652.  See  No.  9. 

10  Elizabeth,  born  1654;  married  Richard  Dummer  of  Newbury, 

Nov.  2,  1673. 

11  Samuel.  See  No.  11. 

12  Priscilla,  born  Dec.  25,  1657;  married  Rev.  Joseph  Capen  of 

Topsfield  in  1684;  died  Oct.  18,  1743. 

13  Jesse,  born  March  27,  1660;  died  April  11,  1660. 

14  Jesse,  born  1662;  died  at  Boston,  Nov.  18,  1721. 

15  Sarah,  born  Aug.  19,  1671;  married  Daniel  Rogers  of  Ipswich. 

He  died  Dec.  1,  1722. 

16  Mary,  born  April  15,  1673;  married  Nathaniel  Thomas  of  Marsh- 

field, June  20,  1694;  died  Oct.  7,  1727. 

6.  Major  Samuel  Appleton,^*  was  bom  at  Little  Waldingfield, 

England,  1625.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  Paine  of  Ips- 
wich, April  2,  1651.  ; 

17  Hannah,  bom  Jan.  9,  1652;  married  William  Downes  of  Boston. 

18  Judith,  born  Aug.  19,  1653;, married  Samuel  Wolcott  of  Wethers- 

field, March  6,  1678. 

19  Samuel,  bom  Nov.  3,  1654.  See  No.  19. 

Married  2d,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Oliver  of  Newbury,  Dec.  8,  1656. 
She  died,  Feb.  15,  1698. 

20  John,  bom  1660.  See  No.  20. 

21  Isaac,  born  1664.  See  No.  21. 

22  Joanna,  bom  ; married  Matthew  Whipple. 

23  Joseph,  born  June  5, 1674;  died  in  1689. 

24  Oliver,  born  June  1676;  died  June  30,  1676. 

25  Mary,  born  June  1676;  died  June  9,  1676. 

26  Oliver,  born  1677.  See  No.  26. 

27  Mary,  bom  about  Oct.  20,  1679;  died  1689. 

Maj.  Samuel  Appleton  died  May  15,  1696,  and  was  buried  in  the  old 
Burying  Ground,  where  a simple  stone  marks  his  grave. 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

9.  Col.  John  Appleton,^  son  of  Captain  John,^  was  born  Oct.  16, 
1652.  He  was  the  Town  Clerk  of  that  historic  Tow^n  meeting,  on  August 
23,  1687,  when  the  vote  to  refuse  assent  to  the  Andros  edict  was  passed, 

* His  public  life  is  described  at  length  in  “ Ipswich  in  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony." 


NEW  HOUSE 

The  sinnnier  home  of  Mr.  Erancis  R.  Appleton. 


OF  SAMUEL  APPLETON. 


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and  he  was  included  in  the  famous  company  which  was  arrested  and  fined.* 
Ho  was  a Lieut.-Colonel,  a Deputy,  a Councillor,  and  Judge  of  Probate 
for  thirty-seven  years.  He  was  also  Chief  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas.  He  bought  the  houselot  Feb.  25,  1707,  on  which  he  built  his  dwell- 
ing, which  was  bequeathed  to  his  son,  and  is  now  in  a remodelled  form, 
owned  by  Mr.  Moritz  B.  Philipp  on  the  comer  of  Central  and  Market  Streets. 

He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Rogers,  President  of  Harvard 
College,  Nov.  23,  1681.  He  died  Sept.  11,  1739,  his  widow,  March  13, 
1764. 

28  Elizabeth,  born  April  23,  1682;  married  Rev.  Jabez  Fitch  of 

Portsmouth,  July  26,  1704;  died  Oct.  18,  1765. 

29  John,  born  Nov.  23,  1683;  died  at  Cambridge,  Sept.  23,  1699. 

30  William,  born  Oct.  15, 1686;  died  July  10,  1689. 

31  Daniel,  born  Aug.  17,  1688;  died  Oct.  7,  1689. 

32  Daniel,  born  Aug.  8,  1692.  See  No.  32.-< 

33  Nathaniel,  born  Dec.  9,  1693.  A.  B.  Harvard,  1712.  Ordained 

at  Cambridge  in  1717,  and  continued  his  ministry  sixty-six 
years.  For  more  than  sixty  years,  a Fellow  of  Harvard  College, 
and  received  degree  of  D.D.  in  1771.  He  died  Feb.  9,  17^. 

34  Priscilla,  born  Jan.  3,  1697;  married  Rev.  Robert  Ward  of 

Wenham,  June  28,  1722;  died  July  22,  1724. 

35  Margaret,  bora  Mar.  19,  1701 ; married  Rev.  Edward  Holyoke, 

President  of  Harvard  College,  Nov.  9, 1725;  died  June  25, 1740. 

36  John,  born  Aug.  18,  1704;  died  Sept.  13,  1705. 

11.  Samuel  Appleton,^  son  of  Captain  John^  inherited  from  his 
father  land  on  the  Topsfield  Road  and  probably  had  his  home  there.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Woodbridge  of  Newbury.  He  died 
Aug.  16,  1693.  His  widow  survived  until  June  9,  1712. 

37  Jesse,  bom  Nov.  30,  1684;  died  1707. 

38  Samuel,  born  July  21, 1686;  died  young. 

39  Thomas. 

40  John.  See  No.  40. 

19.  Col.  Samuel  Appleton,^  son  of  Major  Samuel,^  was  bora  Nov. 
3,  1654.  He  was  a resident  of  Lynn  from  1680  to  1688,  and  owned  the 
iron-works  near  the  ledge,  knowm  as  Appleton's  Pulpit.  The  authenticity 
of  the  legend,  which  has  been  perpetuated  in  a bronze  tablet,  is  considered 
in  “Ipswich  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,”  page  272.  A warrant  was 
issued  for  his  arrest  for  opposition  to  the  Andros  government,  but  he  was 
never  brought  to  trial. 

He  went  as  a Commissioner  to  Quebec  in  1706  to  bring  home  the  pris- 
oners, who  were  detained  there,  and  returned  to  Boston,  November  21st, 
with  the  Rev.  John  Williams  of  Deerfield  and  fifty-six  other  redeemed  cap- 
tives. He  commanded  a regiment  in  the  expedition  to  Port  Royal  in  1707. 

He  bought  the  Shoreborne  Wilson  house,  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  Mr.  Samuel  N.  Baker  on  Dec.  17,  1702,  and  it  was  his  home  for  the 
remainder  of  his  life. 

* See  Chapter  xiv,  “Ipswich  and  the  Andros  Government”  in  “Ips- 
wich in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony." 


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He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Whittingham  of  Boston, 
June  19,  1682.  “The  Hon*»'  Col®  Samuel  Appleton  dyed  October  the  30*^ 
1725.”  A stately  monument  marks  his  grave  in  the  old  Burying  Ground. 
His  widow  survived  him,  and  married  Rev.  Edward  Payson  of  Rowley, 
published  Sept.  10,  1726. 

41  Mary,  born  at  Lynn,  Mar.  30,  1683;  died  young. 

42  Hannah,  born  at  Lynn,  Nov.  1,  1684;  married  at  Ipswich,  1st, 

William  Clark  of  Boston,  Oct.  11,  1705;  married  2d,  Josiah 

Willard  of  Boston,  April  7,  1726;  died  July  28,  1766. 

43  Elizabeth,  born  at  Lynn,  July  10,  1687;  died  June  13,  1703. 

44  Martha,  born  at  Ipswich;  married  Joseph  Wise  of  Ipswich,  pub- 

lished Feb.  5,  1709. 

45  Samuel,  bom  at  Ipswich.  See  No.  45. 

46  Whittingham,  born  at  Ipswich,  Dec.  29,  1706. 

47  Elizabeth,  born  at  Ipswich,  Aug.  31,  1712;  married  David  Pay- 

son  of  Rowley,  Mar.  5,  1728. 

20.  John  Appleton,®  son  of  Major  Samuel,®  was  bora  in  1660.  He 
inherited  a portion  of  the  ancestral  farm,  as  has  been  noted  in  the  history 
of  the  farm. 

He  married  1st,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  Ruck  of  Salem,  April  1, 
1689. 

48  John,  born  May  28,  1695;  died  young. 

Married  2d,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Baker,  widow  of  Benjamin 
Dutch,  published  Aug.  31,  1700. 

49  Benjamin,  bom  Nov.  14,  1702.  See  No.  49. 

50  Sarah,  baptized  June  24,  1705;  married  Aaron  Potter,  published. 

Sept.  16, 1721. 

He  died  May  17,  1724,  his  widow.  Mar.  24,  1750. 

21.  Major  Isaac  Appleton,®  son  of  Major  Samuel,®  was  bom  in 
1664.  He  made  his  home  on  the  farm  he  had  inherited.  He  married 
Priscilla,  daughter  of  Thomas  Baker  of  Topsfield,  who  died  May  26, 1731. 
He  survived  until  May  22,  1747. 

51  Priscilla,  bom  Mar.  16,  1697;  married  1st,  Thomas  Burnham, 

published  Dec.  13,  1718.  He  died  April  4, 1730.  Married  2d, 

Arthur  Abbott,  May  23,  1734. 

52  Isaac,  bom  Mar.  21,  1699;  died  July  30,  1700. 

53  Mary,  born  Oct.  1,  1701;  married  William  Osgood  of  Andover, 

Jan.  6,  1730. 

54  Isaac,  born  May  30,  1704.  See  No.  54. 

55  Rebecca,  born  1706;  married  William  Dodge  of  Wenham, 

Jan.  9,  1729;  died  Nov.  1794. 

56  Elizabeth,  born  1706;  married  Josiah  Fairfield  of  Wenham, 

Aug.  4,  1731. 

57  Martha,  born  July  30,1708;  married  John  White  of  Haverhill, 
Aug.  4,  1731. 

Joanna,  baptized  Nov.  17,  1717;  married  William  Story  of  Bos- 
ton, May  14,  1747;  died  July  16,  1775. 


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APPLEFIRLI) 

The  summer  home  of  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Tuckerman. 


OF  SAMUEL  APPLETON. 


33 


26.  Oliver  Appleton, ^ son  of  Major  Samuel, ^ was  born  in  1677. 
He  inherited  the  saw  mill,  and  a portion  of  the  farm,  from  his  father.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Tobijah  Perkins  of  Topsfield,  Dec.  17,  1701. 
He  died  Jan.  9,  1759,  his  widow,  Dec.  30,  1769 

59  Oliver,  born  1702.  See  No.  59. 

60  William,  born  1703;  died  April  8,  1725. 

61  Joseph,  born  Dec.  21,  1705.  See  No.  61. 

62  John,  born  1707,  See  No.  62. 

63  Sarah,  born  1709;  married  1st,  Benjamin  Swain  of  Reading, 

Dec.  7,  1727 ; married,  2d,  Benjamin  Wyman,  Nov.  16,  1752. 

64  Hannah,  born  Mar.  22,  1711;  married  Dr.  Thomas  Swain  of 

Reading,  published  Sept.  26,  1730. 

65  Samuel,  baptized  Mar.  22,  1713;  lived  in  Haverhill,  died  Oct.  27, 

1780. 

66  Thomas,  born  Dec.  19,  1714;  died  Sept.  12,  1724. 

67  Lucy,  born  Jan.  20,  1717;  died  Mar.  14,  1737  at  Haverhill. 

68  Mary,  born  ; married  Nathaniel  Whipple;  published  Nov. 

10,  1744;  died  Mar.  2,  1810. 

69  Daniel,  baptized  Mar.  1,  1719;  died  April  8,  1807. 

70  Nathaniel,  bajDtized  April  23,  1721.  See  No.  70. 

71  Priscilla,  baptized  Nov.  1,  1724;  died  young. 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 

32.  Daniel  Appleton,"*  son  of  Colonel,  John,^  was  born  Aug.  8, 
1692.  He  was  a Colonel,  a Representative,  a Justice  of  the  Court  of  Ses- 
sions, and  Register  of  Probate  from  Jan.  9,  1723  to  August,  1762.  His 
home  was  in  the  mansion  built  by  his  father,  on  the  comer  of  Market  and 
Central  Streets.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Berry  of 
Cambridge,  June  8,  1715.  He  died  Aug.  17,  1762,  his  widow,  Nov.  28, 
1773. 

72  Elizabeth,  born  July  28,  1717;  died  Aug.  26,  1717. 

73  Elizabeth,  born  Sept.  20,  1718;  died  Oct.,  1718. 

74  John,  born  Dec.  9,  1719;  died  Sept.  22,  1720. 

75  Margaret,  baptized  Sept.  30,  1722;  died  Oct.  19,  1722. 

76  Daniel,  baptized  Feb.  16,  1724;  died  Mar.  13,  1724. 

77  Margaret,  born  Nov.  28,  1725;  died  July  27,  1747. 

78  Elizabeth,  born  Aug.  24,  1727;  married  Rev.  John  Walley,  Pas- 

tor of  the  South  Church,  Ipswich,  Oct.  20,  1748;  died  Oct.,  1798. 

79  John,  born,  Jan.  19,  1731;  died  April  23,  1731. 

80  Mary,  born  March  14,  1733;  died  Oct.,  1801. 

81  John,  born  and  baptized  May  19,  1734;  died  Aug.  28,  1740. 

82  D.A.NIEL,  born  July  26,  1736;  died  Aug.  16,  1736. 

40.  John  Appleton,^  son  of  Samuel,^  called  John  3d  in  1723,  sheriff 
in  1745,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Allin  of  Salisbury,  Feb. 
28,  1717,  who  died  Oct.  26,  1749.  He  died  July  25,  1750. 

83  Mary,  born  Sept.  28,  1718;  died  young. 

84  Elizabeth,  baptized  Dec.  4,  1720;  married  Thomas  Sewall  of 

Kittery,  published  Mar.  1,  1744. 

85  Sarah,  baptized  Dec.  10,  1721 ; married  George  Eustis  of  Boston, 

published  Mar.  1,  1744. 


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86  Samuel,  baptized  Aug.  31,  1723;  died  Sept.  16,  1723. 

87  Mary,  born  Oct  9,  1724;  married  Samuel  Rindge,  published  Nov. 

23,  1739;  died  Dec.  26,  1746. 

88  Anne,  baptized  Mar.  6,  1726;  died  Aug.  8,  1747. 

89  John,  baptized  Aug.  20,  1727;  died  17H5. 

90  Lucy,  baptized  Nov.  24,  1728;  diei  June  10,  1745. 

91  Samuel,  baptized  Oct.  4,  1730;  died  Nov.  8,  1730. 

92  MarCxARkt,  baptized  Oct.  24,  1731. 

93  Martha,  born  ; died  Oct.  21,  1746. 

94  Priscilla,  born  ; died  Sept.  17,  1718,  “being  the  last  of 

seven  daughters  dying  with  a Consumption  within  the  space  of 

3 years.''  Town  Record. 

45.  Samuel  Appleton,^  son  of  Colonel  Samuel,'*  inherited  the  farm 
and  his  father’s  residence  (the  Samuel  N.  Baker  house).  He  removed  to 
Boston,  and  engaged  in  large  mercantile  ventures,  which  resulted  disas- 
trously, as  his  estate  was  insolvent,  after  his  sudden  death  in  London  of 
smallpox,  on  Dec.  15,  1728.  He  married  Anna,  daughter  of  John  Gerrish 
of  Boston,  Mar.  19,  1719.  She  survived  her  husband  and  married  Rev. 
Joshua  Gee  of  Boston,  April  17,  1734. 

95  Samuel,  baptized  at  Ipswich,  April  3,  1720;  died  April  5,  1720. 

96  Mary,  baptized  at  Ipswich,  Dec.  9,  1722;  died  Dec.  29,  1722. 

97  Samuel,  born  at  Boston,  Aug.  15,  1726. 

98  Anne,  born  at  Boston,  1728. 

49.  Benjamin  Appleton,^  son  of  John,®  was  born  Nov.  14,  1702. 
His  home  was  on  the  farm  he  had  inherited.  He  married  Elizabeth  Wade, 
published  Feb.  23,  1723,  and  died  in  his  thirtieth  year,  Feb.  13,  1732.  His 
widow  married  William  Cogswell,  Mar.  13,  1735. 

99  Elizabeth,  baptized  July  12, 1724. 

100  Sarah,  baptized  July  31,  1726;  died  Aug.  12,  1726. 

101  John,  born  Mar.  10,  1728;  died  June  9,  1728. 

102  Mary,  born  March  30,  1729;  married  Jonathan  Cogswell,  Jr., 

Dec.  28,  1748. 

103  Sarah,  baptized  Nov.  22,  1730;  married  Peter  Smith,  Mar.  29, 

1753. 

104  Benjamin,  born  June  2,  1732;  died  June  15,  1732. 


54.  Isaac  Appleton,^  son  of  Major  Isaac,®  was  born  May  30,  1704. 
He  spent  his  life  in  the  home  he  had  inherited  on  the  farm.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Francis  Sawyer  of  Wells,  published  April  25, 1730. 

105  Isaac,  baptized  May  30,  1731;  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph 

Adams  of  Concord,  and  removed  to  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  where 
he  died  Feb.  25,  1806. 

106  Francis,  baptized  Mar.  25,  1733.  See  No.  106. 

107  Elizabeth,  baptized  Oct.  24,  1736;  married  Samuel  Bartlett  of 

Newton,  published  Sept.  5, 1760. 

108  Samuel,  born  1739.  See  No.  108. 

109  Thomas,  baptized  Oct.  5,  1740.  See  No.  109. 

110  John,  baptized  Dec.  26,  1742;  married  Mercy  Bradbury  at  Bux- 

ton, Me.,  Sept.  12,  1771,  who  died  June  26,  1826.  He  died  at 
Buxton,  June  20,  1829. 


BRIAR  HILIv 

The  summer  home  of  the  heirs  of  Rev.  John  Cotton  Smith,  D.I). 


OF  SAMUEL  APPLETON. 


35 


111  Daniel,  baptized  April  7,  1745;  married  Eliz.  Adams,  published 

June  29,  1770;  removed  to  Buxton,  and  died  there  March  14, 

1836. 

112  William,  baptized  April  12,  1747;  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 

Jotham  Odiorne  of  Portsmouth,  where  he  lived,  and  died  May, 

1785. 

113  Mary,  baptized  July  2,  1749;  n.arried  Mager  Woodbuiy,  Nov.  25, 

1784;  died  March  10,  1828. 

114  Joseph,  baptized  June  9,  1751,  A.  B.  Brown  University,  1772. 

Pastor  at  North  Brookfield,  where  he  died  July  25,  1795.  He 

married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hook  of  Kingston,  N.  H. 

His  wife  died  April  29,  1785.  ‘‘Mr.  Isaac  Appleton,  age  82  years  and 

Mrs.  Hephzibah  Appleton,  aged  70  years,  published  intention  of  marriage 
Nov.  5,  1785,"  Town  Record.  They  were  married  Dec.  11,  1785,  and  the 
bride  died  July  7,  1788.  Mr.  Appleton  died  on  Dec.  18,  1794,  aged  91,  in 
the  house  in  which  he  was  born.  His  second  wife  w'as  probably  the  widow 
of  Dea.  Joseph  Appleton,  who  died  Nov.  20,  1782. 

59.  Oliver  Appleton,^  son  of  Oliver,'^  was  born  in  1702.  He  in- 
herited from  his  father  the  saw-mill  and  a portion  of  his  farm  in  1759. 
He  built  the  house  on  the  south  side  of  Waldingfield  Road,  which  w^as  owned 
later  by  Mr.  Henry  Wilson,  and  w'as  incorporated  by  Mr.  Chas.  S.  Tucker- 
man  in  his  residence. 

He  married  Bethiah  Whipple,  on  Jan.  9,  1729,  and  two  children  were 
born. 

115  William,  born  Jan.  23,  1731;  died  Aug.  1,  1736. 

116  Hannah,  baptized  between  the  1st  and  4th  of  July,  1736;  died 

Oct.  19,  1736. 

Bethiah  died  on  July  10,  1736,  and  he  married  Sarah  Whipple,*  Dec. 
5,  1739. 

117  Oliver,  baptized  vSept.  5,  1740;  died  young. 

118  Sarah,  baptized  Oct.  19,  1741 ; married  George  Norton,  published 

Oct.  20,  1764. 

119  Hannah,  baptized  Sept.  11,  1743  ; died  July  25,  1764. 

120  Bethiah,  i aptized  Oct.  27,  1745;  married  Joshua  Giddings  of 

Hamilton,  April  26,  1770;  died  Jan.  16,  1831. 

121  Lucy,  I aptized  Jan.  31,  1747;  died  June  12,  1778,  of  smallpox. 

122  Mehitarie,  baptized  Jan.  21,  1753;  died  Aug.  11,  1818. 

123  Katfsarine,  baptized  May  18,  1755;  married  William  Whipple"  of 

Hamilton,  May  29,  1776;  died  Jan.  15,  1829. 

124  Mary  Oiiver,  born  July  25,  1757. 

125  Oliver,  baptized  June  15,  1760.  See  No.  125. 

126  Rebecca,  baptized  Mar.  13,  1763;  married  Jacob  Perkins  of  Malden, 

Aug.  1,  1789. 

Oliver  Appleton  died  Aug.  5,  1787,  his  wddow  June  22,  1811. 

* In  the  Town  Record,  Oliver  Appleton  was  published  with  Sarah 
Wliipple,  Oct.  13.  1739.  In  the  record  of  mariiage,  the  bride’s  name  is 
Sarah  Frail,  but  the  Town  Clerk  evidently  was  in  error.  The  entry  pre- 
ceding is  Jacob  Fellow's  and  Sarah  Frail.  He  unconsciously  repeated  the 
name,  in  recording  the  next  marriage. 


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61.  Dea.  Joseph  Appleton,^  son  of  Oliver/  v/as  born  Dec.  24,  1705. 
He  bought  the  houselot,  bounded  by  County  Road  and  the  South  Common, 
later  known  as  the  John  Wade  lot,  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Daniel  Fuller  Apple- 
ton,  Jan.  4,  1730.  He  married  Hephzibah  Swain  of  Reading,  Nov.  16, 
1732,  and  built  a dwelling  on  the  above  lot. 

He  was  a member  of  the  Committee  which  had  charge  of  building 
Choate  Bridge  in  1761,  and  received  20£  for  measuring  rocks,  keeping  and 
settling  accounts,  paying  and  receiving  money,  etc.  He  was  a Deacon  of 
the  South  Church,  and  was  a member  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  First 
and  South  Parishes,  which  bought  the  first  lot  for  the  Burying  ground  on 
the  South  side,  Aug.  20,  1773.  He  died  Nov.  20,  1782. 

127  Hephzibah,  baptized  May  19,  1734 ; died  July  22,  1736. 

128  Elizabeth,  baptized  July,  1736;  died  July  30,  1736. 

129  Joseph,  baptized  June  29,  1740.  See  No.  129. 

130  Hephzibah,  born  Nov.  17,  1741 ; married  Nathaniel  Day,  Mar.  8, 

1763. 

131  Aaron,  baptized  Sept.  25,  1743;  died  May  3,  1744. 

132  Aaron,  baptized  April  28,  1745;  died  Sept.  27, 1745. 

133  Thomas,  baptized  Jan.  18,  1747.  See  No.  133. 

134  Ebenezer,  baptized,  Feb.  18,  1749;  died  young. 

62.  John  Appleton,^  son  of  Oliver,®  was  bom  in  1707.  He  bought 
a houselot  of  Isaac  Fitts,  on  South  Market  street,  March  24,  1734,  and  ten 
years  later  bought  the  adjoining  lot,  on  which  the  Bank  Building  and  other 
buildings  now*  stand.  Here  he  made  his  home.  He  married  Lucy  Board- 
man,  Aug.  4,  1731,  who  died  Feb.  24,  1790.  He  died  Jan.  4,  1794. 

135  Lucy,  baptized  Mar.  19,1732;  married  Abraham  How ; published 

Dec.  14,  1752. 

136  Benjamin,  baptized  Oct.  20,  1734;  removed  to  Gloucester. 

137  William,  baptized  Jan.  8,  1738.  See  No.  137. 

138  Margaret,  baptized  Jan.  30,  1743;  married  Daniel  Thurston. 

139  Mary,  baptized  Feb.  24,  1745;  married  Daniel  Rogers. 

140  Elizabeth,  baptized  April  17,  1748;  married  Aaron  Treadwell, 

published  April  18,  1767. 

141  John,  baptized  Oct. 21,  1750;  died  April  12,  1798,  occasioned  by 

a fall. 

70.  Lieut.  Nathaniel  Appleton,^  son  of  Oliver,®  was  baptized, 
April  23,  1721.  He  inherited  from  his  father  the  farm  now  included  in 
Applefield,  owned  by  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Tuckerman.  His  house  was  on  the 
site  of  the  more  recent  Aaron  Lord  house,  on  the  comer  of  Waldingficld 
road.  He  married  Susannah  Brown  of  Reading,  published  April  27,  1745. 

He  died  Feb.  16,  1798,  his  widow,  Nov.  2,  1807,  aged  82  years. 

142  Nathaniel,  baptized  May  11,  1746;  died  Aug.,  1747. 

143  Nathaniel,  ba-^tized  Mar.  6,  1747. 

144  Benjamin,  baptized  April  22,  1750.  See  No.  144. 

145  Susannah,  baptized  Oct.  21,  1752;  died  July,  1764. 

146  Sarah,  baptized  Mar.  16,  1755;  died  July,  1764. 

147  Oliver,  baptized  Nov.  27,  1757.  See  No.  147. 

148  Eunice,  baptized  May  4,  1760;  married  Ephraim  Fellows,  Nov. 

24,  1778. 


THE  SUMMER  HOME  OF  MRS.  DANIEE  FUEUER  APPRETON. 

Built  by  Samuel  Appleton  in  1794.  Enlarged  by  Daniel  Fuller  Appleton. 


OF  SAMUEL  APPLETON. 


37 


149  Sarah,  baptized  Feb.  JO,  1765;  married  John  Winn  of  Salem, 

Nov.  2,  1793. 

150  Susanna,  baptized  Aug.  16,  1767;  married  Jerem.iah  Choate  Un- 

derhill, Oct.  21,  1798. 

151  Lucy,  born  Dec.  31,  1771;  died  Feb.  10,  1792. 


FIFTH  GENERATIOxN. 

106.  Francis  Appleton,®  son  of  Isaac/  was  born  in  1739.  He 
married  Flizabeth  Hubbard,  May  5,  1758,  and  lived  in  Ipswich  for  some 
years  after  his  marriage.  He  then  removed  to  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  where 
his  last  child  was  born.  His  wife  died  Nov.  7,  1815.  He  survived  until 
Jan.  29,  1816. 

152  Francis,  born  at  Ijrswich,  May  28,  1759,  of  Dublin,  N.  H. 

153  Isaac,  born  at  Ipswich,  baptized  Jan.  25,  1761. 

154  John,  baptized  at  Ipswich,  April  3,  1763;  of  New  Ipswich. 

155  Mary,  baptized  at  Ipswich,  Dec.  29,  1765. 

156  Elizabeth,  born  at  Ipswich,  1767. 

157  Je  se,  born  at  New  Ipswich,  Nov.  17,  1772.  He  entered  Dart- 

mouth College  in  1788,  was  ordained  at  Hampton,  Feb.,  1797, 
and  w'as  elected  President  of  Bowdoin  College,  in  1807.  He 
died  at  Brunswick,  Nov.  12,  1819. 

108.  Samuel  Appleton,®  son  of  Isaac,^  was  born  in  1739.  He  in- 
herited his  father's  farm  and  built  the  house,  now  the  summer  residence 
of  Mrs.  D.  F.  Appleton,  in  1794.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Timothy  White  of  Haverhill,  published  Nov.  26,  1768. 

He  died  May  15,  1819,  his  widow,  Nov.  10,  1834. 

158  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  6,  1769;  died  Jan.  7,  1790. 

159  Samuel  Gilman,  born  Feb.  26,  1771;  married  Mary  Andrews, 

Jan.  5,  1836.  He  died  July  2,  1852.  His  widow  married  Jacob 
Dodge  of  Wenham,  Oct.  18,  1853. 

160  Mary,  born  Dec.  3,  1772;  married  Amos  Sawyer  of  Salem,  June  7, 

1798. 

161  Susanna,  born  Dec.  21,  1774;  married  John  Willet  of  Bridgton, 

Me.,  Jan.  23,  1803. 

162  Isaac,  born  Dec.  15,  1776;  removed  to  Beverly,  married  Sarah 

Dyson. 

163  Timothy,  born  Nov.  13,  1778;  died  March  22,  1857. 

164  John  White,  born  Nov.  29,  1780;  married  1st,  Sarah  P.,  daughter 

of  Rev.  Elisha  Williams  of  Beverly,  Sept.  14,  1806,  2d,  her  sister 
Sophia,  Jan.  29,  1810.  He  died  at  Baltimore,  Mar.  27,  1862. 

165  Rebecca,  born  Mar.  19,  1783  ; married  Joseph  Brown,  Jr.,  Jan.  15, 

1808. 

166  James,  born  Feb.  14,  1785.  See  No.  166.  j 

167  Gardiner,  born  Mar.  2,  1787;  married  Nancy  Woodbury. 

168  Joanna,  born  July  19,  1789;  married  1st,  Capt.  Samuel  Safford, 

Nov.  21,  1811.  Married  2d,  Eben  Dodge  of  Salem. 

169  Nathan  Dane,  born  Maj’-  20,  1794.  A.  B.  Dartmouth,  1813;  mar- 

ried Julia,  daughter  of  Abiel  Hall  of  Alfred,  Maine,  where  he 
made  his  residence  and  died  Nov.  12,  1881. 

109.  Thomas  Appleton,®  son  of  Isaac,^  was  born  Oct.  5,  1740.  He 
married  Susanna  Perkins,  July  13,  1767. 


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A GENEALOGY  OF  THE  IPSWICH  DESCENDANTS 


170  Isaac,  born  Aug.  24,  1768;  died  at  sea  1790. 

171  Elizabeth,  born  July  7,  1770;  married  James  Woodbury  of 

Beverly. 

Susanna  died  May  22,  1773,  aged  32  years. 

He  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Daniel  Dane,  Oct.  19,  1773,  who  died 
at  Beverly,  Aug.  23,  1845,  aged  103  years,  8 months,  5 days.  He  died 
Sept.  15,  1830. 

172  Daniel,  bom  in  Hamilton,  Nov.  5,  1774;  baptized  in  Ipswich, 

April  9,  1775.  See  No.  172. 

173  Lydia,  born  in  Beverly,  Aug.  22,  1776;  baptized  in  Ipswich,  Oct. 

12,  1777 ; married  Jonathan  Lamson  of  Hamilton,  April  30, 1809. 

174  Sarah,  baptized  in  Ipswich,  April  23,  1782. 

125.  Oliver  Appleton,*^  son  of  Ohver,^  was  baptized  June  15,  1760. 
He  bought  the  interest  of  the  other  heirs  in  the  homestead  in  1803,  and 
sold  to  his  sons,  Tristram  and  Nathaniel,  March  31,  1823.  He  married 
Martha,  daughter  of  John  Patch,  March  12,  1789.  He  died  in  Hamilton, 
Dec.  18,  1852,  his  widow,  Aug.  31,  1861. 

175  Martha,  born  Oct.  3,  1789;  married  Charles  Baker,  Aug.  19,  1813. 

176  Oliver,  born  Mar.  15,  1791;  married  Anstice,  daughter  of  Eben- 

ezer  Cogswell,  July  2,  1816,  and  removed  to  Hamilton.  An 
infant,  7 mos.  old,  died  Feb.  21,  1823.  He  died  in  Hamilton. 

177  Lucy,  born  Nov.  26,  1792;  died  April  29,  18^8. 

178  Hannah,  bom  Sept.  27,  1794;  married  1st,  William  M.  Smith  of 

Ipswich,  Oct.  2,  1814,  who  died  at  sea,  1816;  married  2d, 
Temple  Cutler  of  Hamilton,  April  5,  1823;  died  January  16, 
1889. 

179  George,  born  Julv  29,  1796,  lived  in  Hamilton. 

180  Tristram,  bom  June  23,  1798,  lived  in  Hamilton. 

181  Nathaniel,  born  April  3,  1800,  lived  in  Hamilton, 
t 182  Abigail,  born  May  2,  1802;  died  Nov.  9,  1818. 

183  Sarah,  born  April  21,  1804;  married  Tristram  Brown,  Jr.,  May 

13,  1830;  died  April,  1891. 

184  Joshua,  born  March  21,  1806;  died  Dec.  9,  1806. 

185  Mehitable,  born  July  16,  1808;  marrie  1 John  Foster  of  Hamilton. 

129.  Joseph  Appleton,  Jr.,®  son  of  Deacon  Joseph,^  was  baptized 
June  29,  1740.  He  married  Hannah  Bacheller  of  Haverhill,  June  17, 
1762. 

186  Joseph,  born  , 1766;  died  Jan.  26,  1786. 

187  Hannah,  baptized  Oct.  8,  1769;  married  Daniel  Wallis,  Oct.  13, 

1791. 

188  Hephztbah,  baptized  Oct.  8,  1769. 

189  Lois,  born  Feb.  8,  1774;  married  John  Williamson,  Oct.  25,  1793. 

He  married  again,  Eunice  Perkins,  Jan.  19,  1776. 

190  Eunice,  baptized  June  1,  1777. 

191  Salome,  baptized  June  1,  1777;  married  David  Tucker,  Jr.,  Oct. 

6,  1812. 

192  Aaron,  born  May  10,  1779;  married  Lucy  Sweet,  Oct.  7,  1800; 

died  in  the  West  Indies,  Sept.,  1802. 

He  died  Dec.  10,  1812,  his  widow,  May  1,  1821. 


SUNSWICH 

The  summer  home  of  Mr.  Bayard  Tuckerman. 


40  A genp:alogy  of  the  ipswich  descendants 


204  Sarah  Fuller,  born  at  Gloucester,  Jan.  20,  1811;  married  at 

Marblehead,  Rev.  Stephen  C.  Millett  of  Salem,  May  6,  1833; 
died  June  7,  1884. 

205  James,  born  at  Gloucester,  Mar.  11,  1813;  married  Sarah  Bristol, 

daughter  oi  Samuel  L.  Edwards  of  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  June  21, 
1842; died  March,  1884. 

206  Mary  White,  born  at  Gloucester,  Nov.  15,  1815;  died  Jan.  14, 

1905. 

207  Elizabeth  Putnam,  born  at  Gloucester,  Dec.  3,  1818;  married 

Shelton  L.  Hall  of  Racine,  Wis.,  Sept.  2,  1845;  died  Mar.  29, 
1897  at  Racine. 

208  Joanna  Dodge,  born  at  Marblehead,  Feb.  23,  1821 ; married  Pey- 

ton R.  Morgan,  Nov.  9,  1843;  died  at  Racine,  April  25,  1870. 

209  Hannah  Fui-ler,  born  at  Marblehead,  April  21,  1823;  married 

Robert  H.  Thayer,  April  27,  1854;  died  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  Nov. 
10,  1903. 

210  Daniel  Fuller,  born  at  Marblehead,  Jan.  31,  1826.  See  No. 

210. 

211  Harriette  Hooper,  born  at  Marblehead,  Mar.  24,  1828;  married 

Rev.  John  Cotton  Smith,  D.  D.,  Dec.  9,  1849,  then  Rector  of 
St.  John’s  Church,  Bangor.  He  was  Rector  of  the  Church  of 
the  Ascension,  New  York,  from  1859  until  his  death,  Jan.  9, 
1882.  His  wife  died  Aug  26,  1905. 

212  Anna  Whittemore,  bom  at  Marblehead,  Jan.  31,  1831;  married 

Dr.  Chas.  H.  Osgood,  June  21,T852. 

172.  Daniel  Appleton,®  son  of  Thomas®,  was  bom  in  Hamilton, 
Nov.  5,  1774.  He  married,  Martha  Woodbury  of  Beverly,  Nov.  26,  1801, 
and  made  his  home  in  that  town. 

213  Daniel,  born  in  Beverly,  July  4,  1802.  A large  family'of  chil- 

dren was  born,  by  this  marriage,  and  a second,  with  Mary 
Baker  Allen,  daughter  of  William  Allen  of  Manchester.  Daniel 
returned  to  Ipswich  and  is  the  only  one,  who  comes  within  the 
scope  of  this  sketch.  See  No.  213. 

195.  Daniel  Appleton,®  son  of  Thomas,®  was  born  June  8,  1786. 
He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Richard  Lakeman,  Nov.  15,  1812.  He 
died  in  Dartmoor  prison,  Jan.  4,  1815.  His  widow  occupied  a tenement 
on  the  second  floor  of  the  old  Merrifield  house,  which  was  bequeathed  her 
by  Thomas  Appleton,  father  of  her  husband.  She  died  April  15,  1857,  at 
the  age  of  64  years  6 months. 

214  Abigail  G.,  born  1814;  died  June  9,  1886. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

210.  Daniel  Fuller  Appleton,^  son  of  Gen.  James,®  was  born  in 
Marblehead,  Jan.  31,  1826.  He  learned  the  trade  of  watch  maker  and 
jeweller  in  Poitland,  with  his  brother  James,  but  went  to  New  York,  in 
1846.  He  entered  the  employment  of  Royal  Robbins,  and  later  became 
his  partner,  under  the  firm  name  of  Robbins  and  Appleton.  In  1857,  the 
firm  became  owners  of  the  new  and  small  watch  factory  at  Waltham,  v.Rich 
has  grown  to  be  the  great  manufactory  of  the  American  Waltham  Watch 


THE  COTTAGE 

The  summer  home  of  Mr.  Gerald  h.  Hoyt. 


OF  SAMUEL  APPLETON. 


41 


Co.  Mr.  Appleton  retained  his  interest  in  the  business  until  his  death,  and 
his  sons  have  succeeded  him. 

He  was  a member  of  the  first  National  Convention  of  the  Republican 
party,  which  norrinated  John  C.  Fremont  for  Piesident,  and  was  invited 
to  sit  on  the  platform  at  the  Convention,  which  nominated  Mr.  McKinley 
for  the  first  time. 

While  his  business  interests  were  in  New  York,  his  summer  home  was 
at  the  farm,  to  which  he  was  greatly  attached. 

He  married  1st,  Julia,  daughter  of  Nicholas  P.  Randall  of  Manlius, 
N.  Y.,  June  9,  1853,  who  died  Aug.  20,  1886,  at  the  age  of  59  years,  4 
months,  11  days. 

215  Francis  Randall,  born  Aug.  5,  1854.  See  No.  215. 

216  Ruth,  born  May  30,  1857;  married  Charles  Sanders  Tuckerm an, 

A.  B.  Harvard,  1874,  on  April  15,  1880,  who  died  Aug.  27, 

1904. 

1 Muriel,  bom  in  Brookline,  March  6,  1881. 

2 John  Appleton,  born  in  Boston,  Nov.  26,  1884.  A.  B.  Har- 
vard, 19U5. 

3 Julia  Appleton,  bora  in  Ipswich,  May  17,  1888. 

4 Leverett  Saltonstall,  bora  in  Salem,  Dec.  3,  1892.  Their 
summer  home,  Applefield,  is  within  the  bounds  of  the 
ori^al  Appleton  Farm.  For  the  remainder  of  the  year, 
their  home  is  in  Boston. 

217  Mary  Eliza,  born  April  21,  1860;  married  Gerald  Livingstone 

Hoyt,  of  Staatsburgh,  N.  Y.,  A.  B.  Yale,  1872,  on  Nov.  22,  1881. 

1 Julia  Marion,  born  in  New  York,  Mar.  3,  1883. 

2 Lydig,  born  in  New  York,  Dec.  21,  1883.  A.  B.  Yale,  1906. 
Their  summer  home,  “The  Cottage,"  is  on  the  Farm. 
Their  wdnter  residence  is  in  New  York. 

218  Randolph  Morgan,  bom  Jan.  4,  1862.  See  No.  218. 

219  James  Waldingfield,  born  June  4,  1867.  A.  B.  Harvard,  1888. 

Mr.  Appleton  married  2d,  Susan  A., daughter  of  Prof.  John  P.  Cowles, 
of  Ipswich,  Dec.  17,  1889.  He  died  Feb.  5,  1904. 

213.  Daniel  Appleton,^  son  of  Daniel,®  vas  bom  July  4,  1802,  in 
Beverly.  He  bought  a portion  of  the  Joseph  Fellows  farm,  with  half  the 
house,  Jan.  16,  1832,  and  married  Mehitable  K Cleaves  of  Beverly,  April 
10,  1832.  They  set  up  their  home  on  the  farm,  where  he  died  Oct.  20, 
1859.  His  widow  lived  until  Nov.  22,  1888,  dying  at  the  age  of  83  years, 
11  months. 

220  Daniel  Woodbury,  born  May  21,  1833.  See  No.  220. 

221  Marietta  1)ane,  born  April  4,  1836;  died  Sept.  18,  1869. 

222  John  William  Eliot,  born  May  22,  1850;  died  April  2,  1855. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 

215.  Francis  Randall  Appleton,®  son  of  Daniel  Fuller,’ was  born 
in  New  York,  Aug.  5,  1854.  hie  w'as  graduated  from  Harvard  College, 
1875,  and  took  the  degree  of  L.  L.  B.  at  Columbia,  1877.  His  summer 


42  A GENEALOGY  OF  THE  IPSWICH  DESCENDANTS,  ETC. 


home,  New  House,  was  built  on  a lot,  originally  included  in  the  Appleton 
Farm.  His  business  interests  are  in  New  York,  where  he  resides  during 
the  winter  months. 

He  married  Fanny  Lanier,  daughter  of  Charles  Lanier,  Esq.  at  Lenox, 
Mass.,  Oct.  7,  1884. 

223  Francis  Randall,  Jr.,  born  in  Lenox,  July  9,  1885.  A.  B.  Har- 

vard, 1907. 

224  Charles  Lanier,  born  in  New  York,  Sept.  25,  1886. 

225  Ruth,  born  in  New  York,  Jan.  10,  1891. 

226  Alice,  born  in  New  York,  Dec.  8,  1894. 

227  James,  born  in  New  York,  Mar.  6,  1899. 

218.  Randolph  Morgan  Appleton,®  son  of  Daniel  Fuller,’  was  bom 
at  New  York,  Jan.  4,  1862,  and  was  graduated  from  Harvard  College,  1884, 

He  married  Helen  Kortright,of  Boston,  June  2,  1888.  His  estate  bears 
the  ancestral  name,  Waldingfield. 

228  Madeline,  born  in  Ipswich,  July  8,  1891. 

229  Julia,  born  in  Ipswich,  June  5,  1894. 

230  Sybil,  born  in  Boston,  Dec.  28,  1899. 

220,  Daniel  Woodbury  Appleton,®  son  of  Daniel,’  was  born  May 
21,  1833.  He  married  Lucy  Abby,  daughter  of  Jarvis  Lamson  of  Hamil- 
ton, April  28,  1870,  who  died  Dec.  6,  1883,  aged  34  years,  5 months.  He 
died  Oct.  27,  1903,  in  the  house,  in  which  he  was  born. 

231  Daniel  Howard,  born  Nov.  30,  1874.  See  No.  231. 

232  Marietta  Dane,  bom  Nov.  13,  1876;  married  Amos  E.  L.  Scotton, 

Aug.  24,  1896. 

1 Gladys  Appleton,  born  Nov.  29,  1898. 

2 Edward  Lawrence,  born  July  13,  1899. 

3 Lucie  Abbie,  born  Jan.  10,  1901, 

4 Harold  Everett,  born  July  29,  1902. 

233  Eliot  Lamson,  born  April  9,  1881. 


NINTH  GENERATION. 

231.  Daniel  Howard  Appleton,®  son  of  Daniel  W.,®  was  born  Nov. 
30,  1874;  married  Cora  M.  Manthorn,  Aug.  3,  1895;  died  June  14,  1899. 
234  Daniel  Howard,  Jr.,  born,  1895. 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 


The  Annnal  meeting  of  the  Ipswich  Historical  Society 
was  held  on  Monday,  December  3, 1906,  at  Whipple  Hous  e. 
The  following  officers  were  elected. 

President. — T.  Frank  Waters. 

Vice  Presidents. — John  B.  Brown, 

Francis  R.  Appleton. 

Directors. — Charles  A.  Sayward, 

John  H.  Cogswell, 

John  W.  Nourse. 

Clerk. — John  W.  Goodhue. 

Corresponding  Secretary  and  Treasurer. — T.  Frank  Waters. 
Librarian. — John  J.  Sullivan. 

Social  Committee. 

Mrs.  Edward  Damon,  Miss  Lucy  Slade  Lord, 

Mrs.  Howard  B.  Dawson,  Miss  C.  Bertha  Dobson, 

Mrs.  Francis  H.  Richardson.  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Stockwell, 
Mrs.  Henry  R.  Kenyon,  Mrs.  Joseph  F.  Ross, 

Miss  Sarah  E.  Lakeman,  Mrs.  Frank  W.  Kyes. 

The  Committee  was  authorized  to  fill  any  vacancies  that 
may  occur  in  its  membership,  and  enlarge  it,  if  occasion 
requires. 


(43) 


REPORT  OF  THE  PRESIDENT— DEC.  3,  1906. 


We  may  congratulate  ourselves  on  the  abundant  and  increas- 
ing prosperity  of  our  Society.  In  some  respects,  the  record  of 
the  year,  which  has  now  ended,  has  been  phenomenal. 

Our  House,  alw'ays  our  most  valuable  and  most  interesting 
asset,  is  coming  into  wider  and  wider  renown.  The  Report  of 
our  Curator,  to  be  sure,  indicates  only  the  average  number  of 
visitors,  whose  names  have  been  recorded,  a round  thousand, 
including  the  89  names  of  our  townspeople.  But  it  is  acquiring 
distinction  as  a notable  old  mansion  and  winning  its  way  into 
the  hearts  of  our  townsfolk.  When  friends  are  being  entertained 
they  are  invariably  brought  here,  and  when  the  annual  supper  is 
spread  and  the  old  rooms  are  lighted  and  warmed  in  the  olden 
style,  and  the  long  tables  are  heavy  with  the  ancient  good  cheer, 
a multitude  comes  to  enjoy  the  grand  occasion. 

But  friends  from  afar  have  come  pressing  in  this  year  as  never 
before.  The  Bay  State  League,  a federation  of  the  historical 
societies  of  eastern  Massachusetts,  met  here  on  June  2nd.  Their 
headquarters  were  established  in  our  House,  and  their  lunch  was 
eaten  in  our  garden,  their  boxes  being  supplemented  with  hot 
coffee  and  cold  water  by  our  Social  Committee.  The  annual 
meeting  with  addresses  was  held  in  the  South  Church  and  a tour 
of  sight-seeing  to  view  the  historic  spots  of  our  Towm  was  plan- 
ned for  the  final  feature  of  the  day's  doings.  A severe  thunder- 
shower made  this  impossible. 

A week  later,  under  sunnier  skys,  the  Governor  Thomas  Dud- 
ley Family  gathered  in  the  ancient  dwelling,  where  Dudley  and 
Bradstreet,  no  doubt,  had  often  hob-nobbed  with  Elder  Whipple. 
Their  visit  to  the  ancient  house-sites  on  High  Street  was  the  occa- 
sion of  brief  but  admirable  services  of  commemoration.  The 
graduating  class  of  the  Grammar  School  came  one  afternoon, 
with  their  teacher.  Miss  Isabel  G.  Arthur,  and  saw  the  rooms 
and  their  furnishings.  It  was  a happy  thought  on  her  part  and 
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we  are  led  to  inquire  why  other  teachers  do  not  come  with  their 
classes?  No  better  illustration  of  the  early  life  of  our  Town 
and  no  finer  inspiration  to  historical  study  can  be  imagined. 

The  last  of  the  June  pilgrimages  was  the  great  visitation  of  the 
Old  South  Historical  Society  on  the  24th.  Nearly  three  hun- 
dred tickets  had  been  sold  and  the  ladies  had  undertaken  the 
formidable  task  of  providing  lunch  for  this  hungry  multitude. 
The  work  was  entered  upon  with  enthusiasm  and  extraordinary 
interest  in  the  success  of  the  undertaking  was  shown  by  our  citi- 
zens generally.  Generous  gifts  of  money  and  food  revealed 
loyalty  to  our  Society  as  universal.  Unfortunately  the  day 
proved  wet  and  cold,  but  a visit  was  paid  to  our  House  and  to 
some  of  the  nearer  historic  localities  before  lunch  was  served. 
The  broad  steps  and  ample  corridors  and  lower  rooms  of  the 
South  Church  afforded  a timely  shelter,  and  a convenient  place 
for  the  mid-day  rest  and  refreshment.  Then  the  auditorium 
was  thrown  open  and  inspiring  addresses  w^ere  delivered  by  Mr. 
Edwin  D.  Mead,  Mrs.  Lucia  Ames  Mead  and  others.  The 
river  trip  was  abandoned  of  necessity,  but  a line  of  trolley  cars 
bore  our  guests  away  to  Newburyport  and  the  Merrimac. 

The  Hovey  family  made  its  annual  visit  and  the  Saturday 
Evening  Club  of  Bradford  came  down  in  the  late  Fall  to  have  a 
quiet  supper  in  our  great  kitchen.  The  sum  total,  financially, 
from  these  pilgrimages  and  gastronomic  enterprizes  was  $187.92, 
to  which  is  to  be  added  a large  prospective  asset  from  the  vivid 
remembrances  of  many  pilgrims,  who  will  come  again  to  see  the 
House  at  their  leisure.  The  door  fees  paid  by  visitors  amounted 
to  $156.75.  Publications  wxre  sold  to  the  amount  of  $27.55  and 
notwithstanding  the  superabundance  of  cheap  pictures  in  the 
store  windows,  the  sale  of  photographs  of  the  House,  without  and 
within,  doubled  that  of  the  previous  year  (amounting  to  $30.45). 
A small  percentage  of  profit  remains,  but  the  interest  of  visitors 
is  enhanced. 

The  total  receipts,  which  may  be  credited  to  our  House  ac- 
count, as  it  is  alw^ays  the  foremost  thing  in  the  minds  of  those 
who  come,  were  $402.67.  The  expense  of  maintenance,  includ- 
ing fuel  for  the  curator,  sundry  repairs,  cost  of  photographs,  the 
care  of  the  house  and  grounds,  and  re-setting  a line  of  spruce 
trees,  was  $179.23.  The  cost  of  the  last  item  was  met,  however, 


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by  the  balance  of  the  contribution  of  the  Ipswich  Mill,  carried 
over  from  the  previous  year.  No  small  credit  for  this  gratifying 
exhibit  is  due  to  our  excellent  curator,  Mr.  Washington  P.  Pick- 
ard, for  his  constant  endeavors  for  the  advantage  of  the  Society 
and  his  fidelity  to  all  the  details  of  his  responsible  office. 

The  receipts  from  membership  fees  were  $378.36,  and  from 
book  sales  by  mail,  $29.94,  making  the  total  income  $810.97. 
Adding  $290.60,  the  balance  from  1905,  the  credit  account  is 
$1101.57.  The  expenditures  include  as  the  principal  items, 
$100  for  interest  on  the  mortgage,  $200  paid  on  the  face  of  the 
mortgage,  reducing  it  to  $2300,  $179.23  on  the  House  account, 
and  $334.26  for  printing.  This  large  item  is  due  to  the  rather 
ambitious  character  of  our  last  issue.  “The  Simple  Cobbler  of 
Aggawam,”  by  the  eminent  Nathaniel  Ward,  the  4th  edition, 
1647,  was  included  in  the  list  of  valuable  books,  given  by  the  late 
Daniel  Fuller  Appleton.  This  unique  work  has  been  repro- 
duced with  facsimile  title  page,  preface,  initial  letters,  head  lines, 
etc.  and  an  antique  type,  which  resembles  the  original.  The 
paging  has  also  been  preserved.  Part  of  the  edition  was  pub- 
lished in  pamphlet  form  and  the  remainder,  on  heavier  paper, 
has  been  bound  in  boards.  It  has  met  with  a very  compliment- 
ary reception  from  Mr.  Mead  and  other  historical  students  and 
will  have  a steady  sale,  we  may  reasonably  believe.  As  no  pub- 
lication was  issued  in  1905,  the  average  expenditure  for  the  two 
years  has  not  been  exceeded  very  materially.  The  work  of  pub- 
lication is  the  most  enduring  and  perhaps  the  most  valuable  ser- 
vice to  the  great  public,  that  an  Historical  Society  can  perform. 
Our  Society  has  attained  an  honorable  distinction  for  its  work^ 
both  for  quality  and  quantity  and  the  sale  is  steady.  The  aggre- 
gate receipt  of  about  $60  from  this  source  is  a very  satisfactory 
interest  on  the  original  cost.  Some  of  the  contributions  which 
have  come  to  us  this’year  are  of  especial  interest.  Miss  R.  B. 
Manning  of  Salem  gave  the  “Publishment  Box”  used  by  Eben-, 
ezer  Burnham,  the  Town  Clerk  of  Ipswich,  for  the  displaying  of 
marriage  intentions.  Mr.  William  E.  Gould  of  Brookline  pre- 
sented an  original  musical  composition,  entitled  Mannering, 
written  by  Gen.  Henry  K.  Oliver  of  Salem  on  his  75th  birthday 
and  given  to  the  donor.  Mrs.  Josiah  Dudley  has  deposited  with 
us  the  portrait  of  Rev.  Daniel  Fitz,  D.D.,  painted  by  a native 


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artist  in  Canton  and  a painting  of  the  ship  Malay,  which  was 
commanded  by  Capt.  Dudley  and  by  Captain  Joseph  Willcomb. 
The  valuable  collection  of  sea-charts,  owned  by  the  late  Capt. 
Richard  T.  Dodge,  is  likely  to  come  into  our  possession.  We 
hope  that  this  will  prove  to  be  a nucleus  of  a marine  collection, 
which  would  be  of  rare  interest.  The  old  sailors  are  passing 
away,  and  the  sailing  ships,  which  opened  a career  for  many 
Ipswich  boys  are  fast  disappearing.  A collectionof  old  log-books, 
pictures  and  full  rigged  models  of  the  sailing  craft  of  various 
builds  with  lists  of  the  vessels,  built  in  our  own  ship  yards,  and 
of  the  men,  who  sailed  in  them,  if  it  is  to  be  made  at  all,  must  be 
made  now,  and  any  contributions  of  this  kind  will  be  particu- 
larly welcome. 

But  where  would  such  a collection  be  displayed?  Not  in  this 
House,  for  the  rooms  would  afford  no  opportunity  for  its  proper 
arrangement.  For  this,,  and  for  other  collections,  which  are  now 
waiting,  and  for  our  growing  library  a new  building,  designed 
for  museum  purposes,  and  for  the  various  needs  of  the  society, 
will  soon  be  needed.  We  suggest  to  our  wealthy  and  public- 
spirited  friends,  if  the  funds  for  such  a building  are  not  forth- 
coming, that  provision  be  made  for  legacies,  which  will  be  avail- 
able for  this  end.  The  Nantucket  Historical  Association  has 
recently  received  a legacy  of  SI 0,000.  The  Beverly  Historical 
Society  fell  heir  to  the  fine  old  mansion,  which  answers  its  pur- 
poses so  admirably.  The  Methuen  Society  has  been  richly 
endowed  by  Mr.  Searles.  A Memorial  building,  designed  to 
commemorate  the  fame  of  Ipswich  men  and  women  and  per- 
petuate their  remembrance,  which  would  provide  room  for  an 
Art  collection,  for  a lecture  hall,  as  well  as  for  a large  museum, 
would  be  of  great  value  to  our  Society  and  to  the  Town.  When 
will  the  first  gift  be  announced? 

That  the  pride  of  ancestry  is  strong,  has  been  illustrated  very 
effectively.  The  Giles  Firmin  Garden,  named  in  honor  of  the 
first  Ipswich  physician,  whose  home  lot  included  the  newly  made 
garden,  was  the  beneficiary  of  a summer  fete  on  the  grounds 
of  Mr.  Henry  Brown,  in  August,  1906.  The  guests  were  invited 
to  enroll  their  names  and  also  that  of  any  citizen  of  ancient 
Ipswich,  to  whom  they  trace  their  ancestry.  Great  enthusiasm 


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was  aroused  and  it  was  found  that  the  following  early  settlers 
were  represented  by  the  appended  number  of  guests. 


Samuel  Appleton  19 

John  Baker  3 

Thos.  Boreman  4 

Thos.  Burnham  3 

John  Caldwell  3 

John  Cogswell  2 

John  Dane  1 

Gen.  Daniel  Denison  1 
Sarah  Dillingham  2 

Gov.  Thos.  Dudley  1 

Michael  Farley  1 

Philip  Fowler  3 

Edward  French  1 

Dea.  William  Goodhue  2 
Thomas  Harris  4 

Luke  Heard  2 

Daniel  Hovey  1 

Richard  Kimball  2 

Robert  Kinsman  8 


Thomas  Knowlton  1 

Mistress  Hannah  Lake  1 

Archelaus  Lakeman  1 

Robert  I^ord  4 

John  Perkins  2 

Anthony  Potter  3 

John  Proctor  1 

Rev.  Nath.  Rogers  3 

Kilicross  Ross  1 

Henry  Russell  1 

The  Worshipful  Mr.  Richard 
Saltonstall  1 

Richard  Sutton  1 

Edward  Treadwell  1 

Thomas  Treadwell  1 

Jonathan  Wade  2 

Matthew  Whipple  1 

John  Winthrop,  Jr.  2 

Rev.  John  Wise  1 


Surely,  this  just  pride  in  such  eminent  ancestry  may  bring 
forth  fruit  in  due  time,  in  the  enduring  and  honorable  Memorial 
which  we  desire. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CURATOR 
FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DEC.  3,  1906. 


Names  recorded  in  the  Register,  ....  984 

Names  of  Ipswich  residents,  .....  89 

Names  of  residents  of  Massachusetts  not  including 

Ipswich,  584 

Names  of  residents  of  other  States,  ....  311 


On  June  2,  the  Bay  State  League  of  Historical  Societies  visited 
the  House. 


June  9,  the  Governor  Thomas  Dudley  P^amily  Association. 
June  , The  ninth  Grade,  Manning  Grammar  School. 

June  24,  The  Old  South  Historical  Society.  About  230  came, 
but  only  a small  number  recorded  their  names. 

Aug.  7,  The  Hovey  Family. 

Nov.  , The  Saturday  Evening  Club  from  Bradford. 


The  actual  number  of  visitors  to  the  House  was  probably  about 

1200. 


Washington  P.  Pickard. 

Curator. 


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REPORT  OF  THE  TREASURER  FOR  THE  YEAR 
ENDING,  DECEMBER  3,  1906. 


T.  F.  Waters  in  account  with  the  Ipswich 

Historical 

Society. 

Dr. 

To  Membership  fees, 

$378.36 

“ Sales  of  books,  by  mail 

29.94 

“ Receipts  from  Whipple  House, 

Door  fees, 

$156.75 

Sales  of  books, 

27  55 

“ “ photographs, 

30.45 

From  entertainment  of  the  Gov.  Thomas 

Dudley  Family  Asso., 

15.00 

“ Ho vey  Family, 

5.00 

“ Bay  State  League, 

14.32 

“ Old  South  Historical  Soc., 

100.45 

“ Saturday  Evening  Club, 

6.50 

“ Annual  Supper, 

46.65 

402.67 

402.67 

810.97 

Balance  in  treasury,  Dec.  1,  1905, 

290.60 

$1101.67 

Cr. 

Paid  on  Mortgage, 

$200.00 

“ “ Interest, 

100.00 

“ “ Printing, 

334.26 

“ Stationary,  Postage,  etc.,  .... 

. 

25.68 

“ Incidentals, 

4.80 

House  account. 

Paid  for  Fuel, 

45.86 

“ Table  furnishings  and  partial  Pay- 

ment  for  stove,  .... 

18.50 

“ Water  Tax, 

11.00 

“ Photographs, 

31.35 

“ Trees  and  setting,  .... 

20.00 

“ Repairs, 

5.77 

“ Care  of  house  and  grounds. 

46.75 

179.23 

179.23 

843.97 

Cash  in  treasury,  Dec.  3,  1906, 

257.60 

(50) 


$1101.57 


MEMBERS 


LIFE  MEMBERS. 

Mrs.  Alice  C.  Bemis  ....  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 

James  H.  Proctor Ipswich,  Mass. 

Charles  G.  Rice “ “ 

RF.SIDENT  MEMBERS. 


Dr.  Charles  E.  Ames, 

Mrs.  Snsau  A.  R.  Appleton, 
Francis  K.  Appleton, 

Mrs.  Frances  L.  Appleton, 
Francis  R.  Appleton,  Jr., 
James  W.  Appleton, 
Randolph  M Appleton, 

Miss  S,  Isabel  Arthur, 

Dr.  G.  Guy  Bailey, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  H.  Baker, 
Mrs.  Ellen  B.  Baker, 

John  H.  Baker, 

Miss  Katharine  C.  Baker, 
Charles  W.  Bam  ford, 
George  E.  Barnard, 

Miss  Mary  1).  Bates, 

John  A.  Blake, 

James  W.  Bond, 

Warren  Boynton, 

Albert  S.  Brown, 

Albert  S.  Brown,  Jr., 
Charles  W.  Brown, 

Edward  F.  Brown, 

Mrs.  Carrie  H.  Brown, 
Henry  Brown, 

Mrs.  Lavinia  A.  Brown, 
Robert  Brown, 

Ralph  W.  Burnham, 

Mrs.  Nellie  Mae  Burnham, 
Fred  F.  Byron, 

Miss  Joanna  Caldw^ell, 
Miss  Lydia  A.  Caldwell, 
Miss  Sarah  P.  Caldwell, 
Charles  A.  Campbell, 

Mrs.  Lavinia  Campbell, 
Edwuird  W.  Choate, 

Philip  E.  Clarke, 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Clarke, 
Sturgis  Coffin,  2d, 

John  H.  Cogsw^ell, 

Miss  Harriet  D.  Condon, 
Brainerd  J.  Conley, 

Rev.  Edwmrd  Constant, 

Miss  Roxana  C.  Cowles, 


Rev.  Temple  Cutler, 
Arthur  C.  Damon, 

Mrs.  Carrie  Damon, 
Mrs.  Cordelia  Damon, 
Everett  G.  Damon, 
Harry  K.  Damon, 

Mrs.  Abby  Dan  forth. 
Miss  Edith  L.  Daniels, 
Mrs.  Howard  Dawson, 
George  G.  Dexter, 

Miss  C.  Bertha  Dobson, 
Harry  K.  Dodge, 

Rev.  John  M Donovan, 
Arthur  W.  Dow, 

Dana  F\  Dow, 

Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Dudley, 
Mrs.  Charles  G.  Dyer, 
Mrs.  Emma  Farley, 

Miss  Lucy  H.  Farley, 
Miss  Abbie  M.  Fellows, 
Benjamin  Fewkes, 
James  E.  Gallagher, 
John  S.  Glover, 

Charles  E.  Goodhue, 
Frank  T.  Goodhue, 

John  W.  Goodhue, 
William  Goodhue, 

John  J.  Gould, 

James  Graffum, 

Mrs.  Eliza  H.  Green, 
Mrs.  Lois  H.  Hardy, 
George  Harris, 

Mrs.  Kate  L.  Haskell, 
George  H.  W.  Hayes, 
Mrs.  Alice  L.  Heard, 
Miss  Alice  Herard, 

John  Heard, 

Miss  Mary  A.  Hodgdon, 
Miss  S.  Louise  Holmes, 
Charles  G.  Hull, 

Miss  Lucy  S.  Jewett, 
Miss  Amy  M.  Johnson, 
Miss  Ida  B.  Johnson, 
John  A.  Johnson, 


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NON-RESIDENT  MEMBERS. 


Miss  Ellen  M.  Jordan, 

Albert  Joyce, 

Charles  M.  Kelly, 

Mrs.  Caroline  Kenyon, 

Fred  A.  Kimball, 

Robert  S.  Kimball, 

Mrs.  Isabelle  G.  Kimball, 
Miss  Bethiali  D.  Kinsman, 
Mrs.  Susan  K.  Kinsman, 
Willard  F.  Kinsman, 

Mrs.  Mary  Q.  Kinsman, 

Dr.  Frank  W.  Kyes, 

Mrs.  Georgie  C.  Kyes, 
Elizabeth  E.  Lakeman, 

J.  Howard  Lakeman, 

Mrs.  G.  F.  Langdon, 

Austin  L.  Lord, 

George  A.  Lord, 

Miss  Lucy  Slade  Lord, 
Thomas  H.  Lord, 

Mrs.  Lncretia  S.  Lord, 
Walter  E.  Lord, 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Main, 

James  F.  Mann, 

Joseph  Marshall, 

Everard  H.  Martin, 

Mrs.  Marietta  K.  Martin, 
Miss  Abby  L.  Newman, 
William  .1.  Norwood, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Norwood, 
John  W.  Nonrse, 

Charles  H.  Noyes, 

Mrs.  Harriet  E.  Noyes, 

Rev.  Reginald  Pearce, 

I.  E.  B.  Perkins, 

Miss  Carrie  S.  Perley, 
Augustine  H.  Plouflf, 

Mrs.  Frances  E.  Richardson, 
James  S.  Robinson,  Jr., 


Mrs.  Anna  C.  C.  Robinson, 
Miss  Anna  W.  Ross, 
Frederick  G.  Ross, 

Mrs.  Mary  F.  Ross, 

Joseph  F.  Ross, 

Mrs.  Helene  Ross, 

William  S.  Russell, 

William  W Russell, 

Daniel  Safford, 

Angus  Savory, 

Charles  A.  Say  ward, 

Mrs.  Henrietta  W.  Say  ward, 
George  A.  Schofield, 

Amos  E.  Scotton, 

Mrs.  Harriet  G.  Shaw, 
Dexter  M.  Smith, 

Mrs.  Olive  P.  Smith, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  K.  Spaulding, 
George  W.  Starkey, 

Dr.  Frank  H.  Stockwell, 

Mrs.  Sadie  B.  Stockwell, 
Edward  M.  Sullivan, 

John  J.  Sullivan, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Sullivan, 
Arthur  L.  Sweetser, 

Samuel  H.  Thurston, 

George  W.  Tozer, 

Miss  Ellen  R.  Trask, 

Miss  Laura  B.  Underhill, 
Jesse  H.  Wade, 

Miss  Nellie  F.  Wade, 

Miss  Emma  E.  Wait, 

Luther  Wait, 

Rev.  T.  Frank  Waters, 

Mrs.  Adeline  M.  Waters, 
Miss  Susan  C.  Whipple, 

Mrs.  Marianna  Whittier, 

Miss  Eva  Adams  Willcomb, 
Chester  P.  Woodbury, 


NON-RESroENT  MEMBERS. 


Frederick  J.  Alley 
Mrs.  Mary  G.  Alley 
William  F.  J.  Boardman 
Albert  D.  Bosson* 

Mrs.  Alice  C.  Bosson* 
Mrs.  Mary  P.  Bosworth 
John  B.  Brown* 

Mrs.  Lucy  T.  Brown* 
Frank  T.  Burnham  . 

Rev.  Augustine  Caldwell 
Eben  Caldwell  . 

Miss  Florence  F.  Caldwell 
John  A.  Caldwell 
Mrs.  Luther  Caldwell 
Miss  Mira  E.  Caldwell 


Hamilton,  Mass. 


Hartford,  Conn. 
Chelsea,  Mass. 


So. 


New  York,  N.  Y. 
Chicago,  111. 

Framingham,  Mass. 

Eliot,  Me. 
Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Winchester,  Mass. 
Lynn,  Mass. 


• Summer  home  in  Ipswich. 


NON-RESIDENT  MEMBERS. 


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Winthrop  Chanler 
Kufus  Choate 
Alexander  B.  Clark 
Mrs.  Edward  Cordis 
Mrs.  Lina  C.  Cushing 
Charles  Davis  . 

Fellowes  Davis  . 

Horatio  Davis  . 

Joseph  D.  Dodge 
Mrs.  Edith  S.  Dole  . 
Joseph  K.  Farley 
Sylvaniis  C.  Farley  . 
Amos  Tuck  French  . 
Edward  B.  George 
Dr.  J.  L.  Goodale* 

Dr.  E.  S.  Goodhue 
Samuel  V.  Goodhue  . 
William  E.  Gould 
Dr.  F.  B.  Harrington* 
Miss  Louise  M.  Hodgkins 
Kev.  Horace  C.  Hovey 
Miss  Ruth  A.  Hovey 
Gerald  L.  Hoyt* 

Mrs.  May  Hoyt* 

Miss  Julia  Hoyt* 

Lydig  Hoyt* 

Albert  P.  Jordan 
Arthur  S.  Kimball 
Rev.  John  C.  Kimball 
Rev.  Frederic  J.  Kinsman 
Curtis  E.  Lakeman  . 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Lord* 

Dr.  Sidney  A.  Lord  . 

Mrs.  Frances  E.  Markoe 
Mrs.  Anna  Osgood*  . 

Rev.  Robert  B.  Parker* 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Parsons 
Asahel  H.  Patch 
Mrs  Anna  P.  Peabody* 
Moritz  B.  Philipp* 

Bowen  W.  Pierson  . 
Frederick  H.  Plouff  . 
Mrs.  Jesse  W.  P.  Purdy 
A.  Davidson  Remick 
James  E.  Richardson 
Dr.  Mark  W.  Richardson* 
Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Roberts 
Derby  Rogers 
Albert  Russell  . 

Mrs.  E.  M.  H.  Slade 
Pldward  H.  Smith 
Miss  Elizabeth  P.  Smith 
Henry  P.  Smith 
Mrs.  Caroline  P.  Smith 
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Salem,  Mass. 
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Boston,  IMass. 
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Lynn 


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Albany,  N.  Y. 
Boston,  Mass. 
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Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Orange,  N.  J. 
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field  Center,  Mass. 
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Boston,  Mass. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 


Boston,  Mass. 
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Boston,  .Mass. 
Salem,  Mass. 
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Portland,  Me. 
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Washington,  D.  C. 
Boston,  iMass. 
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Bayard  Tuckerman* 

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Charles  H.  Tweed 
Mrs.  Margaret  Wade 
Major  Chas.  W.  Whipple 
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Egerton  L.  Winthrop,  Jr. 
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Membership  in  the  Ipswich  Historical  Society  involves 
the  payment  of  an  annual  due  of  $2,  or  a single  payment  of 
$50,  which  secures  Life  Membership.  Members  are  entitled 
to  a copy  of  the  regular  publications  of  the  Society,  in  pam- 
phlet form,  without  expense,  free  admission  to  the  House 
with  friends,  and  the  privilege  of  voting  in  the  business 
meetings. 

There  are  no  restrictions  as  to  place  of  residence.  Any 
person,  who  is  interested  in  the  Society  and  desires  to  pro- 
mote its  welfare,  is  eligible  to  membership.  We  desire  to 
enlarge  the  non-resident  membership  list  until  it  shall  include 
as  many  as  possible  of  those,  who  trace  their  descent  to  our 
Town. 

Names  may  be  sent  at  any  time  to  the  President,  but  the 
election  of  members  usually  occurs  only  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing in  December. 


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IPSWICH  IN  THE  MASSACHUSETTS  BAY  COLONY 

1633-1700 

By  Thomas  Franklin  Waters,  President  of  the  Ipswich  Historical  Society 


I 

ONE  VOLUME  IN  TWO  PARTS 

PART  ONE 

Primeval  Agawam,  study  of  the  Indian  life 

pp. 1-6 

II 

The  Coming  of  the  English 

7-20 

III 

Homes  and  Dress 

21-44 

IV 

Some  notable  Settlers.  John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  Thomas 

Dudley,  Richard  Saltonstall,  Simon  and  Ann  Brad- 
street,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward,  John  Norton 

45-55 

V 

The  Development  of  our  Town  Government 

56-67 

VI 

Common  Lands  and  Commonage  .... 

68-74 

VII 

Trades  and  Employments 

75-86 

VIII 

The  Body  Politic 

87-106 

IX 

The  Sabbath  and  the  Meeting  House  .... 

107-118 

X 

The  Early  Military  Annals 

119-127 

XI 

The  Charter  in  Peril.  Samuel  Symonds,  Daniel  Deni- 

son, John  Appleton  . . .... 

128-145 

XII 

The  Grammar  School  and  Harvard  College.  Ezekiel 

Cheeverand  his  successors,  and  many  famous  pupils 
of  the  Grammar  School 

146-158 

XIII 

King  Philip’s  War;  contains  Major  Samuel  Appleton’s 

military  letters  and  a complete  list  of  the  soldiers  in 
that  war 

159-224 

XIV 

Ipswich  and  the  Andros  Government.  A careful  study 

of  the  attitude  of  Ipswich  men  in  this  critical  period, 
with  many  documents,  warrants  for  arrest,  deposi- 
tions, records,  etc.  Rev.  John  Wise,  Major  Samuel 
Appleton,  John  Appleton,  Jr.,  Thomas  French,  Wil- 
liam Goodhue,  John  Andrews,  Robert  Kinsman  . 

225-273 

XV 

Laws  and  Courts  ....... 

274-286 

XVI 

Witchcraft  ...  .... 

287-300 

XVII 

War  of  William  and  Mary  and  other  Indian  troubles. 

with  a list  of  soldiers  so  far  as  known  .... 

301-313 

The  material  for  this  work  has  been  derived,  by  original 
research,  chiefly  from  the  Town  Records,  the  Records  of  the 
old  Ipswich  Quarter  Sessions  Court  and  other  Court  Records, 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  Records,  the  Massachusetts  Archives, 
and  contemporaneous  published  works,  so  far  as  possible. 

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It  is  illustrated  with  facsimiles  of  ancient  documents  and 
photographs. 

PART  TWO 

is  a study  of  the  original  land  grants  for  house  lots  on  all  the 
ancient  streets  and  lanes,  and  the  successive  owners  to  the 
present  generation,  with  diagrams,  maps,  and  photographs  of 
many  ancient  dwellings. 

The  dates  of  the  erection  of  houses  are  noted  in  many 
instances,  and  all  transfers  are  accompanied  with  citations  of 
the  Book  and  Leaf  of  the  ancient  Ipswich  Deeds  (5  volumes), 
and  the  Records  of  the  Essex  County  Registry  of  Deeds  and 
Registry  of  Probate.  Some  eighteen  hundred  citations  are 
made  from  the  original  sources,  and  these  constitute  the  sole 
authority  for  this  record  of  locations,  ownerships,  and  the 
probable  age  and  identity  of  dwellings. 

Besides  this,  there  are  seven  appendices  to  the  volume, 
giving  important  historical  material  under  the  following  heads: 
A summary  of  the  names  of  the  first  settlers  from  1633  to 
1649;  Some  Early  Inventories;  The  Letters  of  Rev.  Nathan- 
iel Ward;  The  Letters  of  Giles  Firmin;  The  Letters  of  Sam- 
uel Symonds;  The  Valedictory  and  Monitory  Writing  left  by 
Sarah  Goodhue;  The  Diary  of  Rev.  John  Wise,  Chaplain 
in  the  Expedition  to  Quebec.  There  Ls  also  a copious  Index. 

The  book  will  be  of  particular  interest  and  importance  to 
those  who  are  of  Ipswich  ancestry,  and  especially,  those  re- 
lated to  the  Ipswfich  families  of 


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FARLEY 

KNOWLTON 

ROGERS 

BAKER 

FOSTER 

LAKEMAN 

ROSS 

BROWN 

GOODHUE 

LORD 

RUST 

BURNHAM 

HARRIS 

MANNING 

SALTONSTALL 

CALDWELL 

HEARD 

NEWMAN 

SMITH 

CHOATE 

HODGKINS 

NORTON 

SYMONDS 

CLARK 

HOVEY 

PAINE 

TREADWELL 

COGSWELL 

HUBBARD 

PERKINS 

WADE 

DENISON 

JEWITT 

POTTER 

WAINWRIGHT 

DODGE 

KIMBALL 

PULCIFER 

WHIPPLE 

DUTCH 

KINSMAN 

RINGE 

WILLCOMB 

WINTHROP 

and  many  others. 


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EXTRACTS  FROM  REVIEWS  AND  LETTERS. 

{From  The  Nation,  New  York.) 

In  one  feature,  at  least,  this  ample  and  handsomely  printed  work 
surpasses  any  other  town  history  that  we  have  ever  encountered.  We 
refer  to  that  portion  of  the  second  half  which  deals  with  “Houses 
and  Lands,”  and  which,  with  the  aid  of  a diagram,  traces  the  for- 
tunes of  each  dwelling  and  lot  of  the  original  settler  nominatim  not 
only  to  1700,  but  to  the  present  day.  This  enormous  labor  is  for- 
tified by  the  citation  of  wills  and  deeds,  and  the  result  is  a firm  base 
for  all  future  researches.  It  is  supplemented  by  a summary  of  the 
names  of  the  settlers  from  1633  to  1649,  with  the  year  in  which  each 
name  first  occurs  in  the  town  records,  and  by  some  sample  inventories 
of  personal  effects.  Other  remarkable  lists  of  the  early  inhabitants  have 
been  constructed  for  the  chapter  entitled  ‘ ' The  Body  Politic ; ’ ’ and  show 
that  out  of  an  enrolled  male  population  in  1678  totalling  508,  there  were 
220  commoners  and  125  freemen  (17  of  these  not  being  commoners).  The 
freemen  alone  were  entitled  to  vote  for  the  officers  and  magistrates  of 
the  Colony  and  to  speak  and  vote  in  town  meeting ; the  commoners  might 
vote  on  all  questions  relating  to  the  common  lands ; the  residue,  so-called 
Resident,  were  eligible  for  jury  duty  and  to  vote  for  selectmen. 

Mr.  Waters’s  historical  treatment  is  episodical  and  is  very  pleasingly 
manifested  in  the  opening  chapters  on  the  aborigines  as  described  by 
the  first  Englishmen  and  on  home  and  dress.  These  themes  are  in- 
vested with  a really  fresh  interest,  and  set  forth  with  noticeable  literary 
skill. 

Much  remains  to  be  said  or  sayable,  but  we  must  stay  our  hand. 
Mr.  Waters’s  work,  which  we  hope  he  will  follow  up  for  later  times,  as  he 
half  promises,  takes  its  place  in  the  front  rank  of  its  class,  and  can 
hardly  be  praised  too  highly  for  diligent  research,  candor,  taste,  style  and 
construction. 

{From  a letter,  written  by  C.  B.  Tillinghast,  State  Librarian  of  Massachusetts.) 

“The  story  of  the  founders  of  Ipswich  which  you  have  told  with  so 
much  detail  and  skill  in  the  first  half  of  the  volume,  is  of  course  in  large 
degree  the  story  of  the  early  life  of  the  settlers  in  other  parts  of  the  Colony 
and  this  study,  which  you  have  founded  with  such  pains-taking  accuracy 
largely  upon  original  and  documentary  sources  of  information  makes  the 
volume  of  the  widest  general  interest  to  all,  who  have  an  interest  in  the 
early  settlers  and  their  mode  of  life.  This  feature  of  the  book  it  seems  to 
me,  is  unequalled  by  any  other  available  publication  and  should  commend 
it  to  the  favorable  attention  of  all  libraries. 

The  topographical  study  which  forms  the  latter  portion  of  the  book , 
is  a model  of  what  such  a study  should  be,  and  in  this  respect,  Ipswich 
territory  is  of  special  interest. 


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“You  have  made  in  this  volume  a contribution  to  the  local,  the  funda- 
mental history  of  the  Commonwealth,  which  few,  if  any  volumes  equal 
and  none  excel.” 

{From  a Review  by  the  New  York  Daily  Tribune.) 

The  president  of  the  Ipswich  Historical  Society  has  prepared  in  this 
volume  a model  of  its  kind.  He  tells  in  thoroughly  entertaining  fashion 
the  history  of  this  early  Colonial  town  — the  Agawam  of  Indians  — and 
he  adds  in  Part  II  such  a detailed  account  of  its  houses  and  lands  as  must 
ever  be  of  value  to  all  connected  by  ties  of  blood  or  property  with  Ipswich. 
Photographs  of  the  many  ancient  houses  which  survive,  together  with 
maps,  diagrams  and  facsimiles  illustrate  and  elucidate  the  text. 

The  story  of  the  town  holds  so  much  of  tlie  stmggle,  the  traged}'^  and 
the  quaintness  of  seventeenth  century  life  in  the  colony  that  it  would  have 
been  difficult  to  make  it  other  than  interesting. 

The  services  of  Ipswich  men  in  King  Philip’s  War  and  their  sturdy 
protest  against  the  usurpation  of  the  Andros  government  are  chronicled 
here,  and  are  not  to  be  forgotten  by  Americans.  In  the  resistance  to  wliat 
she  considered  an  unjust  tax,  Ipswich  may  claim  a high  place  among  the 
earliest  supporters  of  the  right  of  self  government. 

{From  George  //.  Martin,  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  of 
Massachusetts.) 

I have  examined  with  care  the  whole  of  your  new  book  on  Ipswich 
and  I have  read  with  increasing  interest  as  mucli  as  time  would  allow.  It 
is  a great  book  and  will  prove  of  immense  service  to  all  students  of  early 
colonial  history. 

I do  not  think  I have  found  anywhere  so  vivid  a picture  presented  of 
Puritan  town  life  in  all  its  phases  as  you  have  given.  The  thorough  way 
in  which  )’’ou  have  handled  the  matter  of  land  grants  is  a model  for  all 
local  historians. 

I congratulate  you  heartily  upon  having  made  an  addition  to  the  local 
history  of  New  England,  which  is  unsurpassed  in  the  choice  of  matter,  and 
in  the  felicity  of  its  presentation. 

{From  the  Boston  Transcript.) 

A most  important  addition  to  the  literature  of  New  England  history 
is  made  by  Mr.  Thomas  Franklin  Waters  in  this  volume.  Ipswich  — the 
Agawam  of  270  years  ago  — is  one  of  the  most  picturesque  towns  in  the 
Commonwealth,  and  aside  from  its  attractions  of  location  and  scenery,  is 
particularly  rich  in  historical  associations.  No  town  in  its  early  conditions 
more  accurately  typifies  early  New  England  life,  and  in  the  narrative  of 
its  struggles  and  development  may  be  read  that  of  a score  of  other  settle- 
ments of  the  same  period.  “I  have  tried, ’ ’ says  Mr.  Waters  in  his  preface, 
“to  tell  accurately,  but  in  readable  fashion,  the  story  of  the  builders  of 


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our  town,  their  homes  and  home  life,  their  employments,  their  Sabbath- 
keeping, their  love  of  learning,  their  administration  of  town  affairs,  their 
stern  delusions,  their  heroism  in  war  and  in  resistance  to  tyranny.”  To 
anyone  familiar  with  tlie  beautiful  old  town  the  book  will  have  all  the 
fascination  of  a romance. 

{By  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  in  The  Lend  a Hand  Record.) 

Here  is  a model  town  history.  It  covers  the  history  of  the  old  town 
of  Ipswich  in  Massachusetts  from  the  year  1633,  when  it  was  what  we 
may  call  almost  the  model  settlement  of  Winthrop’.s  party,  and  extending 
to  the  year  1700.  That  is  to  say,  it  is  the  history  of  the  first  two  genera- 
tions of  the  Bay  colonists.  The  settlement  was  lead  by  John  Winthrop, 
the  son  of  the  Governor,  and  from  the  first  it  had  the  cordial  cooperation 
of  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts.  Rev.  Thomas  Franklin  Waters, 
the  Minister  of  the  South  Church  in  Ipswich,  has  given  the  careful  work 
of  years  to  this  history  and  has  now  presented  it  to  us  in  a form  worthy 
of  such  a history. 

It  has  enough  fac-similes  of  the  very  earliest  papers,  not  only  to  give 
us  a breeze  of  the  atmosphere  of  the  town,  but  to  show  us  how  carefully 
they  have  been  worked  over  and  digested,  and  indeed,  to  make  it  unnec- 
essary for  us  to  search  for  hours  in  the  original  documents.  It  is  not 
everybody  who  has  at  hand  the  old  map  of  New  England,  from  Hub- 
bard’s History, — “The  best  which  could  be  got,”  that  is  the  pathetic 
inscription  on  the  original, — with  its  gigantic  enlargement  of  Lake  Win- 
nepesaukee,  its  convenient  north  and  south  straight  line  of  the  Connecti- 
cut, its  frequent  mountains  and  its  infrequent  trees,  its  spire  crowned  vil- 
lages and  its  little  army  of  red  folks,  with  the  ships  in  the  Bay.  These 
are  all  tokens  of  the  simplicity  of  the  geography  of  ancient  time,  such  as 
make  it  real  to  us  as  no  description  can. 

The  volume  is  divided  into  part  first,  which  is  distinctly  historical, 
and  part  second,  “Houses  and  Lands,”  which  meets  the  local  necessity  as 
to  the  original  division  of  land  and  the  changes  which  followed  in  the  first 
century  of  the  history.  The  chapters  in  the  historical  part  are  all  interest- 
ing. The  study  of  home  and  dress,  of  common  laws,  of  commonage,  of 
the  boards  of  charity,  of  the  perils  of  the  charter,  of  the  grammar  school 
and  the  college,  and  of  witchcraft,  will  demand  the  attention  of  all  care- 
ful students  of  the  foundation  of  New  England. 

The  work  of  Nathaniel  Ward  as  one  of  the  real  founders  of  our  infant 
state  is  so  important  that  it  deserved  the  most  careful  study  and  this  it 
has  received  here.  Massachusetts  has  few  such  men  in  its  history.  Ward 
graduated  at  Emmanuel  College  as  early  as  1603.  He  is  acquainted  with 
Lord  Bacon,  with  Archbishop  Usher,  and  with  David  Pareus,  the  famous 
theologian  of  Heidelberg;  he  studied  law  afterwards,  entered  the  ministry 
of  the  church  when  he  was  forty-six  year’s  of  age ; he  is  excommunicated 
in  1633;  and  in  the  sixty-fourth  year  of  his  age,  landed  in  Massachusetts 
Bay.  There  is  something  pathetic  in  thinking  of  this  accomplished  old 


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man  in  the  wilderness  life  of  Ipswich,  and  something  truly  magnificent  in 
the  work  assigned  to  him  and  by  him  so  well  performed.  He  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  General  Court  in  1638  to  draw  up  its  first  code  of  laws. 
His  legal  training  fittted  him  for  this  task.  He  spent  three  years  in  it  and 
the  result  is ‘‘The  Body  of  Liberties.”  Of  this  Francis  Gray  said  that 
while  it  retains  some  strong  traces  of  the  time,  it  is  in  the  main  far  in  ad- 
vance of  the  common  law  of  England  at  this  time.  Ward  is  better 
known  perhaps  as  the  author  of  the  “Simple  Cobbler  of  Agawam.”  But 
the  humour  and  wit  of  that  book  ought  not  eclipse  in  men’s  minds  the 
fact  that  the  corner  stone  of  New  England  legislation  was  laid  by  him. 
He  ranks  first  among  our  law  givers  of  that  great  century. 

The  name  of  William  Hubbard,  the  historian  of  New  England,  is 
another  Ipswich  name  of  the  seventeenth  century,  very  important  in  our 
New  England  history.  These  two  names  alone  would  make  Ipswich  one 
of  the  most  distinguished  towns  in  Massachusetts.  But  whoever  will 
carefully  study  Mr.  Waters’s  valuable  book  will  see  what  were  not  only 
the  beginnings  but  the  successful  prosecution  of  many  of  the  enterprises 
and  successes  which  look  back  to  the  seventeenth  century.  All  persons 
interested  in  New  England  life  and  history  owe  a great  debt  to  the 
author.  E.  E.  H. 

{From  Appleton  Morgan,  President  of  the  New  York  Shakespeare  Society.) 

The  Complete  Book  of  the  Town  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  in  that 
Essex  County,  where  Rufus  Choate  said  there  was  more  History  to  the 
square  inch  than  in  any  other  spot  under  the  skies,  deserved  to  be 
written,  and  the  Rev.  Thomas  Franklin  Waters,  President  of  the  Ipswich 
Historical  Society  has  written  it  in  a splendid  imperial  octavo  volume 
of  586  compact  pages.  It  is  illuminated  with  valuable  pictures,  and 
nothing  has  been  omitted  of  the  muniments  of  the  quaint  old  precinct. 
Ipswich  has  its  legends  as  well  as  its  history,  but  Mr.  Waters  has  been 
a very  Draco  here! 

His  unswerving  and  uncompromising  fidelity  to  facts  will  admit  no 
plea  of  ben  trovato,  and  he  tumbles  into  oblivion  many  a cherished  ro- 
mance and  tradition,  but  he  packs  their  places  with  invaluable  records 
and  rescued  chronicles! 

The  history  of  New  England  cannot  be  written — and  henceforth  no- 
body will  attempt  to  write  it — without  Mr. Waters’s  volume.  It  is  a work 
of  enormous  patience  and  ability,  and  is  in  all  ways  a model  of  what  a 
Town  Histor}'  should  be. 

{By  Bayard  Tuckerman,  Lecturer  in  English  at  Princeton  University). 

Ipswich  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  in  some  respects  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting and  typical  of  the  English  settlements  in  America.  The  difficulties 
to  be  encountered  by  the  early  colonists  in  subduing  the  wilderness,  in 
wringing  a livelihood  from  an  unfruitful  soil,  in  building  up  a civilization 


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in  which  comfort  and  education  were  sought  together,  were  nowhere  greater 
and  nowhere  surmounted  with  more  courageous  energy. 

The  institution  of  town  government  and  the  intelligent  practice  of  the 
principles  of  political  liberty  are  well  exemplified  in  the  history  of  Ipswich, 
while  the  bold  resistance  of  her  citizens  to  the  tyranny  of  the  English 
government  in  the  time  of  Governor  Andros  has  given  her  a claim  to  the 
title  of  the  “Cradle  of  American  Liberty.”  Mr. Waters  has  told  this  story 
with  historical  insight  and  literary  skill,  and  has  given  us  besides  a mass  of 
information  regarding  local  customs,  transfers  of  land  and  resident  fam- 
ilies, which  make  his  work  of  personal  interest  to  everyone  whose  ancestors 
have  lived  in  the  township. 

As  we  turn  the  leaves  of  this  scholarly  work,  the  chapter  headings 
indicate  a variety  of  interesting  subjects.  Political  liistory  is  studied 
under  “The  Development  of  our  Town  Government”  “The  Body  Politic” 
“The  Charter  in  Peril”  “Ipswich  and  the  Andros  Government.”  Under 
the  heads  of  “The  Coming  of  the  English”  “Homes  and  Dress”  “Some 
Notable  Settlers”  “Trades  and  Employments,”  we  find  a rich  fund  of 
information  regarding  the  early  inhabitants  and  the  lives  they  led. 

In  the  chapter  dealing  with  “The  Sabbath  and  the  Meeting  House” 
with  the  melancholy  accompaniment  of  “Witchcraft,”  the  austere  relig- 
ious life  of  the  earl}'^  times  is  depicted.  The  relations  of  the  settlers  to  the 
Indians  are  described  under  “Primeval  Agawam”  “King  Philip’s  War” 
and  the  “War  of  William  and  Mary.” 

The  determination  of  the  colonists  to  provide  education  for  their 
children  is  shown  in  the  article  on  “The  Grammar  School  and  Harvard 
College.”  Other  interesting  chapters  deal  with  the  “Laws  and  Courts” 
and  with  the  curious  institution  of  the  “Common  Lands  and  Commonage.” 

The  second  portion  of  the  work  contains  an  account  of  the  ownership 
and  transfer  of  lands  and  houses  which  is  the  fruit  of  research,  of  remarkable 
industry  and  accuracy.  No  one  whose  family  has  owned  property  within 
the  bounds  of  Ipswich  can  fail  to  find  facts  of  interest  to  him  here. 

The  names  of  early  settlers  are  given  in  full  and  there  are  a number 
of  inventories  illustrative  of  the  eliaracter  of  personal  property  held  and 
transmitted.  The  letters  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward,  of  Dr.  Giles  Firmin, 
and  of  Samuel  Symonds,  the  writings  of  Sarah  Goodhue,  and  the  narra- 
tive of  the  Rev.  John  Wise,  all  of  great  antiquarian  interest,  are  given  in 
the  Appendix. 

Thirty-five  excellent  illustrations,  and  an  Index  which  forms  a com- 
plete guide  to  all  the  names  and  subjects  mentioned,  add  greatly  to  the 
value  of  the  work. 

This  history  of  Ipswich  is  the  result  of  such  painstaking  and  intelligent 
research,  and  is  written  in  so  attractive  a style,  that  it  cannot  fail  to  appeal 
to  all  persons  who  have  any  connection  with  the  town.  Whoever  lives 
in  Ipswich  or  whose  ancestors  lived  here,  should  have  a copy  among  his 
books.  He  will  find  pleasure  in  reading  it,  and  profit  in  possessing  it  for 
reference. 


Bayard  Tuckerman. 


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